Our goal is to provide ongoing resources and information to assist you in caring for the children in our community.
The majority of ill and injured children are seen at a community hospital emergency department nearest their location. In the United States, 69% of EDs provide care for fewer than 15 children per day. Community emergency departments need to be prepared to accurately assess and, at a minimum, stabilize and safely transfer children who are acutely ill and injured. (Remick, K., et al., 2018)
Our Hospital Outreach Program (HOP) aims to assist you in better serving the needs of children presenting in your emergency department. We are here to provide pediatric recommendations and develop a partnership with you to ensure continuity of care. We can assist you in recognizing the unique needs of children and their families, including those with special needs. In addition, we can help you develop a plan to evaluate your hospital’s pediatric emergency care quality and safety, as well as your team’s competencies. We can also provide feedback on patients transferred to our hospital to give closure to your team.
In addition to helping ensure that your hospital’s care is safe and consistent for all children, we are ready to assist you at times when transfer is necessary by providing exceptional care backed by the research, innovation, and discoveries coming from a leading university and top-ranked academic medical center.
Andy Wen, MD, clinical associate professor of Pediatrics, director of Regional Critical Care Services, Stanford University School of Medicine | |
Melanie Stroud, RN, MBA, director of Hospital Outreach Program and Pediatric Trauma |
Email us for more information or to follow up on a patient transferred to our hospital.
“2018 Guidelines for Care of Children in the Emergency Department,” by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), refers to resources necessary for community hospitals to take care of children of all ages. More information is available here.
We are here to help with the following areas based on the AAP’s recommendations:
You can find more resources to help with these areas here.
Remick, K., et al. (2018). Pediatric Readiness in the Emergency Department. American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Pediatric Emergency Medicine and Section on Surgery, American College of Emergency Physicians Pediatric Emergency Medicine Committee, and Emergency Nurses Association Pediatric Committee. Pediatrics (November 2018), 142 (5): e20182459; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2018-2459.
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