Use of Emergency Medical Services for Children With Medical Complexity
CMC account for one-fifth of EMS of pediatric encounters transported to the hospital. Our findings support targeted EMS training, technology-specific protocols, and integrated prehospital-hospital data systems to improve the safety and outcomes of CMC.
Authors
- Allan M. Joseph (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2768-0889)
- Michelle L. Macy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4401-7384)
- Julia A. Heneghan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4855-3013)
- Rebecca E. Cash (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0355-1014)
- Stephen Janofsky (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5531-132X)
- Sriram Ramgopal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1389-5726)
- Carolyn Foster
- Christopher M. Horvat
- Christian Martin-Gill
Institutions
- Northwestern University (US)
- Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center (US)
- Lurie Children's Hospital (US)
- University of Pittsburgh (US)
- Cincinnati Health Department (US)
- Massachusetts General Hospital (US)
- Lurie Children's Hospital (US)
- Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh (US)
- Comer Children's Hospital (US)
- University of Minnesota Children's Hospital (US)
- University of Cincinnati Medical Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PEDIATRICS
- Published
- 2026-03-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2025-074802
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 31.52