| A pediatric survey for the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration: emergency medical services system re-assessments. | |
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MedLine Citation:
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PMID: 11446536 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
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Emergency medical services for children, or EMSC, is still a relatively underdeveloped component of most state and local EMS systems. Advocacy and funding for EMSC from the federal EMSC Program, availability of many useful EMSC products, and the rapidly enlarging literature in EMSC have created heightened awareness and interest in improving systems for pediatric emergency, trauma, and critical care. The new National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) EMS Technical Assistance (TA) re-assessment program, the second version of the successful original TA Program from 1988 to 1996, provides an ideal opportunity for state EMS professionals to evaluate EMSC capabilities and to integrate new EMSC products and services. The history of the TA Program reflects the evolution of EMS itself and indicates a historical inattention to children's issues, but re-assessment TA teams now have much useful intervening EMSC history to draw upon and a clear philosophical mandate to integrate children more fully in EMS system planning and management. In order to facilitate state-of-theart reviews of EMSC within state EMS systems, a pediatric survey for the NHTSA re-assessments is presented. The survey, developed with the input of EMS administrators and physicians and approved by the National Association of State EMS Directors, follows the original ten-component model for EMS system review. It is intended for optional use within the overall EMS review process. |
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Authors:
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R A Dieckmann; J Athey; B Bailey; J Michael |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Prehospital emergency care : official journal of the National Association of EMS Physicians and the National Association of State EMS Directors Volume: 5 ISSN: 1090-3127 ISO Abbreviation: Prehosp Emerg Care Publication Date: 2001 Jul-Sep |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2001-07-11 Completed Date: 2001-12-27 Revised Date: 2006-11-15 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 9703530 Medline TA: Prehosp Emerg Care Country: United States |
Other Details:
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Languages: eng Pagination: 231-6 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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Department of Emergency Services, San Francisco General Hospital, University of California, 94110, USA. dieckmn@itsa.ucsf.edu |
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Child Child Health Services / organization & administration*, standards Emergency Medical Service Communication Systems Emergency Medical Services / organization & administration*, standards Emergency Medical Technicians Health Care Surveys Health Planning Support Humans Pediatrics / organization & administration* Program Evaluation* Quality Assurance, Health Care* Questionnaires State Health Plans United States |
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