Addressing the New Pediatric Readiness Standards at Your Trauma Center-Video: Addressing the New Pediatric Readiness Standards at Your Trauma Center

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In this video, the speakers discuss the new pediatric readiness standards for trauma centers. The first speaker, Dr. Aaron Jensen, provides an overview of pediatric readiness and emphasizes the need for all trauma centers to be able to provide early resuscitative care for children. He highlights the importance of having the right equipment, supplies, and staff competency in pediatric trauma care. Dr. Jensen also discusses the impact of pediatric readiness on patient outcomes, with higher levels of readiness associated with lower risk-adjusted mortality rates. The second speaker, Lisa Gray, discusses how to assess pediatric readiness using the National Pediatric Readiness Assessment. She explains that the assessment provides an indicator of an emergency department's capacity to treat pediatric patients and offers a score, benchmarking, and a gap report to help identify areas for improvement. Gray also provides an overview of the resources available, including a checklist and toolkit, to address the deficiencies identified in the assessment. The third speaker, Michelle Medling, focuses on the role of the Pediatric Emergency Care Coordinator (PEC) in improving pediatric readiness. She explains that the PEC is responsible for ensuring that the ED follows national recommendations for pediatric emergency care and promotes pediatric quality improvement efforts. Medling emphasizes the importance of collaboration between the trauma program manager and the PEC in addressing pediatric readiness and suggests starting with small projects and regularly reviewing the progress made. Overall, the speakers stress the importance of pediatric readiness in trauma centers and the need for ongoing efforts to improve pediatric trauma care.

Keywords

pediatric readiness standards

trauma centers

early resuscitative care

equipment

supplies

staff competency

patient outcomes

National Pediatric Readiness Assessment

emergency department

Pediatric Emergency Care Coordinator