General EM physicians are well trained to care for kids, and most of us care for them regularly in the ED. Usually it’s for common things like viral upper respiratory infections or playground injuries. But every once in a while, a critically ill or injured child comes in. Are you ready? Is your ED ready? Do you have tiny endotracheal tubes and nurses who can place IVs in those tiny veins? What else do we need to do to be “peds ready”? We’re glad you asked. In this episode, we talk with national leaders in the field of pediatric emergency medicine and pediatric emergency readiness. Listen to learn more about what it means to be peds ready and why it’s so important!

Is your ED peds ready? Have questions or want to learn more? Find us on social media, @empulsepodcast, on email [email protected], or through our website, ucdavisem.com.

We’re working on an episode on what it’s like to be a woman in emergency medicine. We’d be honored if you’d share your story? Contact us as above, or leave your story on a brief voicemail at 951-251-4804  (don’t worry, we’ll edit it to make it sound smooth!). 

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Hosts:

Dr. Julia Magaña, Associate Professor of Pediatric Emergency Medicine at UC Davis

Dr. Sarah Medeiros, Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at UC Davis

Guests:

Dr. Marianne Gausche-Hill, Medical Director for the LA County EMS Agency, Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics at UCLA and Harbor-UCLA, Senior Consultant to the EIIC, and member of the steering committee of the National Pediatric Readiness Project

Dr. Kate Remick, Pediatric Emergency and EMS Physician, Professor at the Dell Medical School at the University of Texas, Co-Director if the EIIC, and San Marco Hays County Medical Director

Resources:

PedsReady.org

EMSC Innovation and Improvement Center Pediatric Readiness Project Toolkit

NPRP assessment achieves 71% response rate!

Moore B, Shah MI, Owusu-Ansah S, Gross T, Brown K, Gausche-Hill M, Remick K, Adelgais K, Lyng J, Rappaport L, Snow S, Wright-Johnson C, Leonard JC; AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS COMMITTEE ON PEDIATRIC EMERGENCY MEDICINE AND SECTION ON EMERGENCY MEDICINE EMS SUBCOMMITTEE; AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES COMMITTEE; EMERGENCY NURSES ASSOCIATION PEDIATRIC COMMITTEE; NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES PHYSICIANS STANDARDS AND CLINICAL PRACTICE COMMITTEE; NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS EMERGENCY PEDIATRIC CARE COMMITTEE. Pediatric Readiness in Emergency Medical Services Systems. Pediatrics. 2020 Jan;145(1):e20193307. doi: 10.1542/peds.2019-3307. PMID: 31857380.

Ames SG, Davis BS, Marin JR, L. Fink EL, Olson LM, Gausche-Hill M, Kahn JM. Emergency Department Pediatric Readiness and Mortality in Critically Ill Children. Pediatrics. 2019;144(3):e20190568. Pediatrics. 2020 May;145(5):e20200542. doi: 10.1542/peds.2020-0542. Erratum for: Pediatrics. 2019 Sep;144(3): PMID: 32354750; PMCID: PMC8190968.

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Thank you to the UC Davis Department of Emergency Medicine for supporting this podcast and to Orlando Magaña at OM Audio Productions for audio production services.