Measuring Pediatric Disaster Readiness of United States Emergency Departments
Overall, pediatric disaster readiness in the United States is low with high variability across hospitals. Disaster readiness is linked with day-to-day pediatric readiness of emergency departments to care for children.
Authors
- Sarita Chung
- Hilary A. Hewes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4135-3422)
- Marianne Gausche‐Hill (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6367-8455)
- Deanna Dahl-Grove
- Rachel Crady
- Michelle Moegling (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-4700-5151)
- Christopher Newton
- David McCarthy
Institutions
- Boston Children's Hospital (US)
- Harvard University (US)
- University of California, Los Angeles (US)
- University of California, San Francisco (US)
- University of Utah (US)
- UCLA Medical Center (US)
- UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital (US)
- Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital (US)
- Harbor–UCLA Medical Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians Open
- Published
- 2026-01-06
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acepjo.2025.100305
- Primary Topic
- Disaster Response and Management
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00