Resources to Support Your Emergency Department's Pediatric Readiness
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Please be sure to modify all resources to align with your hospital's policies and protocols, as necessary, and have them reviewed by hospital leadership and/or safety committees prior to implementation. Any commercial resources listed are provided only for informational purposes and should not be considered endorsements by the COPPER program or by EMS for Children Colorado.
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If you are unable to acces a resource in any of the areas below, please email: nicolena.mitchell@cuanschutz.edu.
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Resource Library
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Competency Evaluation:
Pediatric Readiness Curriculum:
Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS):
Children's Hospital Colorado, email lifesupport@childrenscolorado.org
Little Life Savers Academy (PALS and NRP)
Pediatric Emergency Assessment, Recognition and Stabilization (PEARS):
Mobile Pediatric Simulation-Based Education:
Emergency Pediatric Procedures (useful how-to videos):
Pediatric Education
On Demand Education from Children's Hospital Colorado
On Demand Education from Children's Hospital Minnesota
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QI Data Collection Tools:
National Pediatric Readiness Quality Initiative (NPRQI) A free data platform that enables EDs to measure and analyze – in real-time and at the patient level – their progress on quality metrics that improve outcomes for children.
Click to view COPPER QI/PI requirements
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Weighing Children in Kilograms:
Length-based system for estimating child's weight, for example:
Pediatric Vital Signs:
Pediatric vital sign badge cards - (emsc.colorado@cuanschutz.edu) to request these for your ED
Pediatric pocket reference cards (sample) - email Mari Leyva (Angelica.Leyva@childrenscolorado.org) to request these for for your ED
Safe, Weight-Based Medication Administration:
Tylenol and Advil dosing cards - email (RMHC.Outreach@healthonecares.com) to request these for your ED
Age-Appropriate Communication:
Engage-Calm-Distract, a tool for emergency medical providers, caregivers and educators communicating with children and youth. It includes a companion quick reference guide titled Pediatric Emotional Distress Reference System now available as a free app.
Click to view COPPER Requirements for Pediatric Patient and Medication Safety
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Intake and triage assessment:
Emergency Severity Index (ESI) Implementation Handbook (see chapter 6 for pediatric triage)
Pediatric patient assessment:
Pediatric assessment triangle (poster) - email Nicolena Mitchell (emsc.colorado@cuanschutz.edu) to request a poster for your ED
Documentation of vital signs and identification of abnormal vital signs:
Pocket reference cards with pediatric vital sign ranges: email Mari Angelica (angelica.leyva@childrenscolorado.org) to request these for your ED
Badge cards with pediatric vital sign ranges: contact Miranda Applegate (RMHC.Outreach@healthonecares.com) to request these for your ED
Immunization status and management:
Post URL or QR code for Colorado Immunization Information System where patients can request immunization records
Sedation and analgesia:
In cases where emergent sedation is needed, sites may consider calling either of the following to get recommendations from a Pediatric Emergency Medicine physician:
Children’s Hospital Colorado OneCall (Aurora): 720-777-3999
Children's Hospital Colorado (Colorado Springs): 719-305-3999
Rocky Mountain Hospital for Children, 1-844-934-RMHC or 1-844-934-7642
Consent:
Social and Behavioral Health:
The Follow-Up Project - Colorado’s Hospital Follow-Up Project is a collaboration between CDPHE’s Office of Suicide Prevention, Rocky Mountain Crisis Partners, CDHS’ Office of Behavioral Health. Follow-up services are telephonic caring contacts offered to clients discharging from an emergency department after experiencing a mental health crisis or overdose event
Use of Restraints:
Child Maltreatment:
Colorado Child Abuse and Neglect Hotline: 1-844-CO-4-Kids
Death of a Child in the ED:
DNR Orders:
Family-Centered Care:
Communicating with the Primary Care Provider:
Disaster Preparedness:
Interfacility Transfers:
Monitoring of the Pediatric Patient:
Pediatric Surge:
Click to view COPPER policy, procedure, and protocol requirements
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Equipment Location:
Pediatric code cart scavenger hunt (use as a template to create one appropriate for your ED)
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Clinical Pathways:
Pediatric Assessment:
Triage:
Emergency Severity Index (ESI) implementation handbook (see chapter 6 for pediatric triage)
Access:
Comfort Holds resources
Immunizations:
Antimicrobial Stewardship:
Trauma:
Transfusion and Mass Transfusion, contact: shannon.becker@childrenscolorado.org
Pediartric Emergency Guidelines Poster
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Asthma:
Nose Frida:
Tylenol and Ibuprofin Dosing
Disaster Preparedness Guide for Caregivers
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Upcoming Pediatric Education Events
Pediatric Readiness Curriculum
Care of Pediatric Patients in the Acute Care Setting
Treatments and Innovations for the Delivery of Pediatric Medicine:
Peditric Pandemic Network
Emergency Pediatric Procedures (useful how-to videos)
Mobile Pediatric Simulation-Based Education
Telesimulation
SimBox & TeleSimBox - free online remote learning for everyone
Pediatric Continuing Education
On Demand Learning
Assessment
Cardiac Arrest and Resusitation
Child Abuse
Health Equity
Medical Conditions
Mental and Behavioral Health
Neonatal Emergencies
Respiratory Distress
Trauma