The National Pediatric Prehospital Readiness Project: First Comprehensive Assessment of United States Emergency Medical Services Agencies
A national assessment of EMS agencies revealed strengths and gaps in pediatric readiness. Pediatric emergency care coordinators are associated with higher readiness scores. Future work should address barriers to pediatric readiness and the effect of higher readiness on patient outcomes.
Authors
- M. Gausche-Hill
- Rachael Alter
- Andrea L. Genovesi
- Manish I. Shah (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0886-8747)
- Hilary A. Hewes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4135-3422)
- Patricia Schmuhl
- Rachel Crady
- Kathleen M. Adelgais
- Katherine E. Remick
Institutions
- Primary Children's Hospital (US)
- Palo Alto University (US)
- University of Utah (US)
- UCLA Medical Center (US)
- Children's Hospital Colorado (US)
- Dell Children's Medical Center of Central Texas (US)
- National Medical Association (US)
- Stanford Medicine (US)
- Harbor–UCLA Medical Center (US)
- The University of Texas at Austin (US)
- University of Colorado Denver (US)
- Stanford University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Annals of Emergency Medicine
- Published
- 2026-02-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annemergmed.2026.01.013
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Emergency and Acute Care Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 38.36
Funders
- School of Medicine, Stanford University
- School of Medicine
- Dell Medical School, University of Texas at Austin
- Maternal and Child Health Bureau
- University of Colorado School of Medicine, Anschutz Medical Campus