How Pediatric Readiness can Impact Pediatric Trauma From Every Day to Mass Events

Deanna Dahl-Grove; Sarita Chung; Ronald Ruffing; Mary E Fallat; Michael Dingeldein; Jennifer H Aldrink; Mauricio Antonio Escobar Jr

doi:10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2024.162135

How Pediatric Readiness can Impact Pediatric Trauma From Every Day to Mass Events

J Pediatr Surg. 2025 Jan 6:162135. doi: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2024.162135. Online ahead of print.

Authors

Deanna Dahl-Grove¹, Sarita Chung², Ronald Ruffing³, Mary E Fallat⁴, Michael Dingeldein⁵, Jennifer H Aldrink⁶, Mauricio Antonio Escobar Jr⁷

Affiliations

¹ Department of Emergency Medicine, UH Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital, Case Western Reserve School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, USA.
² Department of Emergency Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
³ Department of Emergency Medicine, Children's Hospital of Michigan, Detroit, MI, USA.
⁴ Hiram C. Polk Jr Department of Surgery, University of Louisville and Norton Children's Hospital, Loiusville, KY, USA.
⁵ Department of Pediatric Surgery, UH Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital, Case Western Reserve School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, USA.
⁶ Division of Pediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, Nationwide Children's Hospital, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH, USA. Electronic address: [email protected].
⁷ Mary Bridge Children's, Department of Pediatric Surgery and Pediatric Trauma, Tacoma, WA, USA.

PMID: 39824745
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2024.162135

Abstract

Disaster events such as weather events and mass casualty events are increasing in frequency and severity. Caring for children during a surge requires a regional approach given limited pediatric inpatient capacity and expertise. During the 2024 American Academy of Pediatrics National Convention and Exhibition, the Section on Surgery and Council on Children and Disasters (COCD) partnered to present a joint symposium emphasizing importance of pediatric readiness and disaster preparedness and role of pediatric trauma surgeons in disaster preparedness and response in all communities.

Keywords: Pediatric readiness; Preparedness; Trauma.

Publication types

Review