EMSC Day 2025: Federal Programs & Projects Supporting Pediatric Care
Are you confident that your EMS agency is ready for pediatric patients? This special EMS Week, EMS for Children Day session of the EMS Focus webinar series to discuss resources and interventions to ensure your agency is prepared to provide the best possible care for pediatric patients.
Speakers will address:
Pediatric Prehospital Blood Transfusion: Learn more about the research around prehospital blood transfusion for children and how one Colorado fire-rescue agency is delivering blood to young patients in the field.
Training Tools & Research Are Key for Great Pediatric Care: What tools do you use to prepare for the less than 10% of calls that involve pediatric patients? Learn more about the National Prehospital Pediatric Readiness Project (PPRP) and what a Basic Life Support (BLS) EMS volunteer agency in New Jersey has been able to do with limited resources to greatly improve their pediatric care.
Panelists Include:
Clary Mole, EMS Specialist, NHTSA’s Office of EMS (moderator)
Dr. Christine Leeper, MD, MS, FACS, Asst. Professor of Surgery and Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh
Mark Warth, BHS, NRP, Fire Medical Program Coordinator, Colorado Springs Fire Department, CO
Lt. Aaron McConnellogue, Medical Lieutenant, Colorado Springs Fire Department, CO
Dr. Kathleen Adelgais, MD, MPH, FAAP, FAEMS, Professor, Pediatrics-Emergency Medicine
Rihi Jain, River Road Rescue Squad, Piscataway Township, NJ