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Prepare for the unique and often difficult challenges of pediatric patient assessment and treatment with our collection of expert-written columns, original video and news.

Educators need to provide realistic simulation training to ensure pediatric patient clinical competence
Understand how waveform capnography can be used to assess and treat ventilation, perfusion and metabolic emergencies in children
Push hard, push fast and push deeper to improve chance of survival for a child in cardiac arrest
Chris Graham calmly talked woman through the delivery of the baby as well as the postpartum care
State had 237,000 ambulance and first-responder calls last year, with 21 of those ending with a baby born en route
Research findings, ‘Ambulance provision for children: a UK national survey,’ are discussed in a new report
Mom and grandma grateful for support of local ‘heroes’
The couple brought their now 3-week-old daughter to the EMS offices Friday to meet the staff
A working group made up of representatives from various agencies is looking to improve safety levels for children being taken to the hospital
Deputy: ‘If anything had happened differently, I don’t think she would have made it’
Paramedics were at St. Mary’s Catholic School for a special donation drive to collect soft toys
The jury’s whopper award in ambulance birth could cost taxpayers, affect transport decisions
Following 2-year-old’s death, EMS chief driving home key point: providers to never decline patient transport
Panel ruled that his failings in the case were ‘serious’ and found his fitness to practice was impaired
Heather Moser, who is in EMT training, said the course work covered labor and delivery in an ambulance
PerSys Medical releases smallest automatic IO device on market
Children’s donations will help others in emergencies
Jury found the EVAC ambulance service negligent in the premature birth of boy
Lewis Urmson-Brown’s anxious parents dialled for help after the child knocked his head
Joseph Wright calls decision not to immediately transport a 2-year-old with respiratory symptoms ‘inexcusable’
Researchers examined the medical records of 5,170 minors who were treated by emergency medical personnel for an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
A paramedic told a mother to run a hot shower to clear the congestion from her child’s lungs; the child died hours later
New baby arrives on side of highway
10 recommendations to decrease likelihood of an ambulance crash
Woman treated for injuries after someone tried to cut out unborn baby
When purchasing pediatric supplies for EMS professionals consider these five things
Resolving pediatric airway obstructions