Resources
Pediatric Disaster Preparedness
EMSC resource – look under Education link
https://emscimprovement.
Pediatric Disaster Center of Excellence
https://emscimprovement.
AAP publication on reunification
https://downloads.aap.org/AAP/
National Pediatric Disaster Coalition
Whole Community Pediatric Disaster Training
Pediatric Disaster Response and Emergency Preparedness Mgt 439 (TEEX): https://teex.org/class/mgt439/
NEW (FEMA) Community Preparedness: Integrating the Needs of Children Workshop: https://community.fema.gov/
COVID Vaccine and Vaccination for Children
AAP: Covid Vaccine in Children https://www.aap.org/en/pages/
CDC: Intramuscular Injection (video): Supplies Preparation (Children Birth to 18 years) https://youtu.be/SsCxnccrsKM
CDC: Intramuscular Injection Sites (video): (Infant to Adult) https://youtu.be/PqSuCPnPeYE
CDC eLearn Course: Immunization: You Call the Shots-Module Eighteen- Vaccine Administration (e-Learn) 2021 https://www2.cdc.gov/vaccines/
CDC: Vaccine Administration Module (interactive): https://www2.cdc.gov/vaccines/
Parkland Health (video): Preparing your child for vaccination https://youtu.be/vhHpOXJE8Yk
COVID Clinical and Surge Guidance
CDC COVID-19 Caring for Children https://bit.ly/2WAdxms
Real-Time COVID Learning Network (Pediatrics): https://bit.ly/3y0kRar
EMSC Innovation and Improvement Center: COVID Resources: https://bit.ly/2EDUEJ4
Pediatric Overflow Planning Contingency Response Network: Covid Lessons Learned https://bit.ly/3ASpO71
Pediatric COVID webinars and collaboratives https://bit.ly/3msVc8r
Paediatric International Patient Safety and Quality Community (PIPSQC) https://www.pipsqc.org/
Don’t Forget the Bubbles: Managing a Busy Emergency Department https://bit.ly/3D4Yq7K
The Respiratory Surge – how to manage a busy ED https://youtu.be/q4kxixFQ5gk
Pediatric Surge Technical Assistance Resource (ASPR-TRACIE) https://bit.ly/3mqOKOX
Children’s Hospital Association Coordinating Hospital Care for Children to Increase Capacity for Surge https://bit.ly/3z7ueXj
Children’s Colorado Clinical Pathways https://bit.ly/3sw6dXy
UpToDate COVID-19 Management in Children: https://bit.ly/37UNICt
AAP Interim Guidance: https://www.aap.org/en/pages/
Yale New Haven Children’s Clinical Pathways https://www.ynhh.org/
Children’s of Philadelphia Clinical Pathways: https://bit.ly/3k9prhC
Royal College of Pediatrics National Guidance for Children During Covid: https://bit.ly/3gfzLnc
Red Book 2019 Novel Coronavirus: https://bit.ly/3xYAM9o
Pediatric Overflow Planning Contingency Network MISC protocol: https://www.popcornetwork.org/
Pediatric Legal Issues & Crisis Standards of Care
Western Regional Alliance for Pediatric Emergency Management (WRAPEM) Legal Resource Guide (DRAFT July 2021): https://bit.ly/2UNvsbk
ASPR TRACIE Technical Assistance Pediatric Crisis Standards of Care (2021) https://bit.ly/3xZCirB
Pediatric Surge Crisis Standards of Care (module) Minnesota https://bit.ly/3m9s6L0
Patient Care Scarce Resource Strategies (Minnesota) https://bit.ly/3zdzHvO
Crisis Standards of Care – Pediatrics (Nebraska) https://www.unmc.edu/
Scare Resource Management & Crisis Standards of Care Adult and Pediatrics (Washington Dept of Health) https://nwhrn.org/scarce-
Arizona Crisis Standards of Care Plan 2020 (Includes Pediatrics): https://bit.ly/2Wp7zrb
Arizona COVID-19 Addendum: Allocation of Scarce Resources in Acute Care Facilities: https://bit.ly/3gvnPhn
Pediatric Disaster Mental Health and Resiliency
Sound the Alarm for Kids Mental Health Resources https://www.
Special Focus: Suicide and Mental Health Emergencies Before, During, and Beyond COVID-19 (WRAP-EM/ASPR) https://bit.ly/3gfRBX5
ASPR TRACIE: Pediatric Lessons Learned from COVID-19 Speaker Series (July 2021) https://bit.ly/3gfRBX5
Child Life Disaster Relief — https://cldisasterrelief.org/
National Center for School Crisis and Bereavement — https://www.
National Child Traumatic Stress Network — https://www.nctsn.org/
Listen, protect, connect (LPC) Psychological First Aid System — https://bit.ly/2OGCawo
Child Mind Institute https://childmind.org/
Pediatric Terrorism and Disaster Preparedness: A Resource for pediatricians. http://archive.ahrq.gov/
Emergency Planning and Juvenile Justice
Emergency Planning for Juvenile Justice Residential Facilities (2011) https://www.ojp.gov/pdffiles1/
A Toolkit for Juvenile Justice Agencies to Help People Heal During and After Natural Disasters (Child Trends)https://www.
Families of Children and Youth with Disabilities and Medical Needs
CDC Children with Special Healthcare Needs https://bit.ly/3bvpz4M
HHS Public Health Emergency: Hurricane Response-Resources for Children with Special Health Care Needs https://bit.ly/2T7C54f
Complex Child (a monthly online magazine for families) https://complexchild.org/
The Center for Children with Special Needs https://bit.ly/3dGIXxg
Autism Speaks Disaster Resources https://www.autismspeaks.org/
Children with Cerebral Palsy Disaster Guidance (Seattle Children’s) https://bit.ly/3dGIXxg
Emergency Preparedness for Families of Children with Special Needs (Virginia) https://bit.ly/2T8YuOG
Disaster Survival Resources Simplifying Survival: Disaster Preparedness Special Needs https://bit.ly/360myIH
School Disaster and Pandemic Readiness
National Association of School Nurses (COVID) https://schoolnursenet.nasn.
Education and Childcare Guidance (NACCHO) https://bit.ly/3zb4NUx
Emergency Planning School Safety: https://www.schoolsafety.gov/
How Schools Can Prepare (Red Cross):https://rdcrss.org/
Sample School Emergency Plan (FEMA): https://bit.ly/3gf0X5x
Readiness and Emergency Management for Schools (REMS) Technical Center: https://rems.ed.gov/
Readiness and Emergency Management for Schools COVID: https://rems.ed.gov/
School House Connection: https://schoolhouseconnection.
Child Care Disaster Resources
NEW: FEMA EMI Course IS-36.A: Preparedness for Child Care Providers: https://training.fema.gov/is/
Child Care Aware of America: http://usa.childcareaware.org/
The Child Care Resource Center (CCRC): https://www.ccrcca.org/
Childcare Disaster Preparedness (UCSF): https://cchp.ucsf.edu/content/
Institute for Childhood Preparedness: https://www.
Pediatric Disaster Care Centers of Excellence
Eastern Great Lakes Pediatric Consortium for Disaster Response (EGLPCDR) http://bit.ly/3l3N6jD
Western Regional Alliance for Pediatric Emergency Management WRAP-EM https://wrap-em.org/
Pediatric Surge Planning & Annex Resources
Pediatric Hazard Vulnerability Analysis Tool (EGLPCDR/EIIC) https://bit.ly/3keRJHL
Pediatric Annex for Hospital Emergency Operations Plan (Oregon) https://bit.ly/3B7TXzj
Illinois State Pediatric and Neonatal Surge Annex https://bit.ly/368z9K1
Alameda County California Pediatric Surge Plan Template https://bit.ly/2Wykncl
Los Angeles County http://file.lacounty.gov/
NYC Pediatric Disaster Healthcare Coalition Toolkits https://www.programinfosite.
Pediatric and Neonatal Surge Annex (ESF8 Illinois): https://dph.illinois.gov/
Rady Children’s Surge Planning Train the Trainer https://bit.ly/2WtW6nt
California Department of Public Health Pediatric Surge https://bit.ly/2T0P5Z6
ASPR TRACIE Pediatric Surge Annex Webinar https://bit.ly/2T2DfxP
WNY Pediatric Surge Work Group (ppt) https://bit.ly/3khJqe6
Pediatric (Non-PICU) Hospital Surge Plan Guidelines (New York): https://bit.ly/388YgxK
Pediatric Data Sources for Emergency Planning
Child Development Data and Statistics (CDC) https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/
COVID-19 Data: North American PICUs https://covid19.myvps.org/
Pediatric COVID Tracking Data https://bit.ly/3APR0mU
COVKID Project: https://www.covkidproject.org/
KidsCount National Data (Anne Casey Foundation) https://datacenter.kidscount.
KidsData (California) https://www.kidsdata.org/?
Prehospital Readiness and Surge
Prehospital Pediatric Readiness Toolkit and Checklist (EIIC) https://bit.ly/3mquCfV
Prehospital Pediatric Care Course (New York) Simulation Scenarios https://on.ny.gov/3AVhP9g
Pediatric Readiness in Emergency Medical Services Systems (AAP)https://bit.ly/3gm3jiY
YouTube HandTevy Videos https://www.youtube.com/watch?
ReelDx Public Cases Learning Videos https://public.reeldx.com/
Disaster Planning for OB/GYN & NICU
Stanford OB Disaster Planning Toolkit: https://obgyn.stanford.edu/
American College of OB/GYN (ACOG) Hospital Disaster Preparedness for Maternity Care https://bit.ly/2Z4SxWz COVID-19 Obstetric Preparedness https://bit.ly/2Tb1zO1
Neonatal Disaster Preparedness
https://www.cpqcc.org/content/
CDC Disaster Safety for Expecting and New Parents