Katherine Remick, Ashley A. Foster, Aaron R. Jensen, Regan F. Williams, E M Stone, Madeline Joseph, Gregory P. Conners, K. Brown, Marianne Gausche‐Hill, Toni K. Gross, Kerry S. Caperell, Jennifer A. Hoffmann, Jennifer E. McCain, Sylvia Owusu-Ansah, Christian D. Pulcini, Mohsen Saidinejad, David Schnadower, Caleb E. Ward, Muhammad Waseem, Madeline Joseph, Kiyetta Alade, Christopher Amato, Jahn T. Avarello, Steven Baldwin, Isabel A. Barata, Lee S. Benjamin, Kathleen Berg, Kathleen Brown, Jeffrey Bullard-Berent, Ann Marie Dietrich, Phillip Friesen, Michael Gerardi, Alan Heins, Doug K. Holtzman, Jeffrey Homme, Timothy Horeczko, Paul Ishimine, Samuel Lam, Katharine Long, Kurtis Mayz, Sanjay Mehta, Larry Mellick, Aderonke Ojo, Audrey Z. Paul, Denis R. Pauze, Nadia M. Pearson, Debra Perina, Emory Petrack, David Rayburn, Emily Rose, W. Scott Russell, Timothy Ruttan, Mohsen Saidinejad, Brian Sanders, Joelle Simpson, Patrick Solari, Michael Stoner, Jonathan H. Valente, Jessica Wall, Dina Wallin, Muhammad Waseem, Paula J. Whiteman, Dale Woolridge, Julie Cohen, Lisa Hill, Kimberly MacKeil-White, Courtney Williams Simmons, Jeffrey D. Kerby, Warren Dorlac, Lillian Kao, John Sutyak, Brendan T. Campbell, John Armstrong, Stephen L. Barnes, Kristan Staudenmayer, Scott G. Sagraves, Nirav Patel
This is a revision of the previous 2018 joint technical report titled "Pediatric Readiness in the Emergency Department." Children have unique physical and psychosocial needs that are heightened in the setting of serious or life-threatening emergencies. Most ill and injured children and those with mental health emergencies are brought to community hospital emergency departments (EDs) by virtue of proximity. Therefore, all EDs must have the appropriate resources (medications, equipment, policies, and education) and staff to provide effective emergency care for children. This technical report outlines the evidence and rationale supporting resources necessary for EDs to stand ready to care for children of all ages. Although resources within emergency and trauma care systems vary locally, regionally, and nationally, ED staff, administrators, and medical directors can ensure high-quality emergency care is available for all children. The updated recommendations in the accompanying policy statement of the same title are intended to serve as a resource for clinical and administrative leadership of EDs as they strive to improve their readiness for children of all ages.