Posted: | May 9, 2022 03:26 PM |
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From: | Senator Katie J. Muth and Sen. Patrick J. Stefano |
To: | All Senate members |
Subject: | Designating May 18, 2022 as Emergency Medical Service (EMS) for Children Day in PA |
In the near future, we will be introducing a resolution to designate May 18, 2022 as Emergency Medical Service (EMS) for Children Day. EMS for Children is a national program working in communities throughout the country to ensure that all children and adolescents, no matter where they live, attend school, or travel, receive appropriate care in a health emergency. This federal initiative was created because the physiological, developmental and psychological needs of a child are different than those of an adult during a medical emergency – and there are more than 30 million children annually who receive emergency medical care due to illness or injury. This program helps our communities prepare for medical and traumatic emergencies involving a child by providing training to emergency response personnel, by ensuring that ambulances and emergency departments have access to child-appropriate equipment, and by standardizing well-defined pediatric treatment protocols and procedures. EMS for Children works closely with the EMS community, as well as with physicians and nurses who provide pediatric emergency care, to help states and communities reduce child and youth disability and death due to severe illness or trauma. Please join us cosponsoring this resolution to celebrate and highlight the EMS for Children program, the EMS community and all of the professional organizations working to improve the quality of emergency care for Pennsylvania children. |
Introduced as SR297