Meeting • April 26, 2024 Pediatric Readiness: Critical Steps to Pediatric Disaster Preparedness

Name: Pediatric Readiness: Critical Steps to Pediatric Disaster Preparedness
Start: 2024-04-26T10:00:00-05:00
End: 2024-04-26T11:00:00-05:00
Location: Webinar

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Date	April 26 10:00 am – 11:00 am	Add to Google Calendar Add to iCalendar Add to Outlook 365
Location	Webinar

Hosted by the Regional Disaster Health Response System (RDHRS Region I), Mass General Hospital Center for Disaster Medicine, and Region I Emerging Special Pathogens Treatment Center (RESPTC), this webinar will feature several experts discussing critical steps towards pediatric disaster preparedness.

Webinar objectives:

Review the intersection of pediatric readiness and healthcare disaster planning that require special focus for pediatric patients, including triage, special health care needs, guardianship, and family reunification.
Discuss how improving everyday pediatric emergency care capabilities in the ED can improve readiness for pediatric response to large-scale incidents.
Identify quality resources available to healthcare organizations that can help improve pediatric emergency care capabilities, including resources developed through the Pediatric Readiness Project.