The Pediatric Emergency Care Coordinator Where: Emergency Care for Kids Begins

Each year, National EMS Week recognizes the work of EMS clinicians. Special theme days of EMS Week help to structure the week’s activities, with Wednesday set aside for EMS for Children (EMSC) Day. EMSC Day is an annual opportunity to spotlight the need for high-quality prehospital care for children and the work of the federal EMSC Program.

The 2023 EMSC Day webinar highlighted the role and impact of the pediatric emergency care coordinator (PECC) in the prehospital setting. Speakers shared the history of the PECC role in EMS; implementation of the PECC role in a rural EMS setting; PECC work in North Carolina, and how Louisiana has approached supporting/sustaining the EMS PECC role in their state.

Speakers:

Mark Cicero, MD, MPH
Julianna Cyr, MPH, CPH
Maj. Robby Milton, M-PSLA, CCEMT-P
Toni Gross, MD, MPH

CAPCE credit available during live event only.

Time stops:
00:00 National Prehospital Pediatric Readiness Project
06:17 Background on Pediatric Champions/PECCs
19:07 PECC+: Developing a Rural Initiative
29:02 PECC+: Agency Assessment, Implementation, & Engagement
43:20 How to Support/Sustain the PECC Role
56:45 EMSC Day 2023 Thank You Video
58:39 Question & Answer Session