PA EMS For Children

EMS Advisory Committee

Elizabeth Wertz Evans, RN, BSN, MPM, EMT-P, PHRN, Chair

COMMITTEE PURPOSE

To serve as a forum for issues that have potential impact on the emergency care and transport of all pediatric patients in the Commonwealth; to educate prehospital providers, other health practitioners and the general public in regard to provision of services available through the emergency medical services for children program; to formulate recommendations to the Board of Directors of PEHSC which reflect the interest and opinion of pediatric emergency care and injury prevention professionals.

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Links

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Resources

• PA's EMSC Reference Guide
• Ohio's Emergency Guidelines for Schools - 3rd Edition
• HRSA EMSC National Resource Center
• Special Needs Alert Program (SNAP) Information Packet
  The Special Needs Alert Program (SNAP), developed by Delaware's EMSC Program in 2004, is now available in English & Spanish. SNAP is a pre-hospital notification program for children with special health care needs (CSHCN). When a child is registered in the program, first responders are alerted to the child's complete medical history. The prior knowledge of the medical history enables first responders to provide prompt and appropriate emergency care for the child. A home visit by EMS providers may be conducted as a means to introduce families to their local providers and to gather additional information.
• 2005 Pediatric ED Visits
• Emergency Management Planning for Special Needs Population