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🚨 Newest PECC Course now available!

Log in with your Continuum ID to take our course on Overdose in the Pediatric Patient: https://pecc.med.unc.edu/online-training-courses/

The EMSC Innovation and Improvement Center (EIIC) is hosting a free webinar, “COPE-ing with the Challenges of Behavioral and Mental Health Emergencies” on May 18 at 1pm ET. This webinar will explore both prehospital behavioral health emergency management and ways to "COPE" at the scene of a child's death.

Registration is free and open to all! Continuing education credit for EMS professionals through Prodigy EMS is available for the live event.

May 18, 2022 01:00 PM in Eastern Time (US and Canada)

Sign up here: https://dellmed-utexas.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_PP2yXblvTuWMfBYddW9XRQ

in the predicts one year survival in kids! Is your ready? https://emscimprovement.center/news/ed-pediatric-readiness-key-to-childrens-survival-one-year-out-from-injury/

PECCs aren't just for prehospital clinicians! One of our interns interviewed UNC Health staff to learn more about in the hospital!

HBH-ED-Interview-Write-Up_Final.pdf

Our team is hiring a part-time research assistant! Work with a great group of professionals and researchers as we improve in !

Soc/Clin Research Assistant The Research Assistant/Analyst will be responsible for several aspects of project implementation, including the collection, cleaning, and basic analyses of data, aiding in the development of educational materials and publications, engaging individuals in social media, tracking team meetings, updatin...

Each year, our team invites local students to apply to our in Science and Health Training and Research. Learn more at https://www.med.unc.edu/emergmed/education/ishtar/.

Each year the surveys agencies who provide care and/or transport to patients. Help them (and us!) by filling out those surveys in your inboxes! Need the link? DM us!

Our PECC EMS agencies are not only invested in improving pediatric care, they're invested in bettering the health of their entire communities. See how Railcare Health & Washington-Tyrrell County EMS have supported each other during the pandemic at https://railcarehealth.com/donate.

Take a break by taking a listen to this podcast on airway management! Episode 5 in their airway series is just for pediatrics! https://naemsp.org/home/news/coming-soon-naemsp-pec-airway-compendium/

According to JEMS, "No matter what country or EMS system is involved, pediatric emergencies are relatively rare events for EMS providers." The child's perspective is fundamentally different in an emergency situation where they are injured. The article "The Psychology of Prehospital Pediatric Emergencies" article from JEMS provides a unique perspective on this matter and highlights important differences between child and adult emergencies.

The Psychology of Prehospital Pediatric Emergencies - JEMS Understand the psychological factors that affect children, parents and EMS providers during prehospital pediatric emergencies.

The Emergency Pediatric Care (EPC) Course is accredited by CAPCE and recognized by the NREMT, and it is suitable for EMTs, paramedics, emergency medical responders, nurses, nurse practitioners, physician associates, and physicians. If you have ever wanted to learn more about pediatric care, consider one of the EPC courses listed by NAEMT, where they have several different options for expanding clinicians' knowledge of emergency pediatric care.

Emergency Pediatric Care The Emergency Pediatric Care (EPC) course focuses on critical pediatric physiology, illnesses, injuries and interventions to help EMS practitioners provide the best treatment for sick and injured children in the field.  The course stresses critical thinking skills to help practitioners make the bes...

"'With kids, you need to start at death and work backwards,'" my paramedic school teacher taught. 'If you're not two steps ahead, you're eight steps behind.'"

Read Kevin Grange's article for EMS1 titled "Pediatric patient ABCs: 7 tips for EMTS and paramedics" below!
https://buff.ly/3558g8q