EMSC
Utah’s Emergency Medical Services for Children (EMSC) program aims to promote an integrated EMS and Trauma Response system to reduce the morbidity and mortality of the pediatric population (ages 0-14, inclusive) in Utah and the surrounding inter-mountain region by working in partnership with Primary Children’s Hospital to:
- Promote and support injury prevention
- Deliver culturally competent training
- Conduct performance improvement activities for communities and health care providers.
EMSC Connects Newsletter
- May 23: Special Issue – EMS Week
- May 23: Transgender Kids
- Apr 23: Pediatric Trachs
- Mar 2023: Hypothermia
- Feb 2023: Understanding Autism
- Jan 2023: Choosing Reslience
- Dec 2022: Trauma is Trauma
- Nov 2022: Asthma Croup Bronchiolitis
- Oct 2022: Care for Children with Medical Complexity
- Sep 2022: Back to School- Social Behaviors That May Lead to Transport
- Aug 2022: On Scene Pediatric Sports Injury
- Jul 2022: Hurt in the Dirt: ATV Injuries
- Jun 2022: Pediatric Mental Health
- May 2022: BRUE, SIDS and Safe Sleep
- Apr 2022: Seizures in Children, a Tricky Diagnosis
- Mar 2022: Falls: The Leading Cause of Non-Fatal Injuries for all Children
- Feb 2022: COVID-19 and Kids
- Jan 2022: Talking to Kids in Crisis
- Dec 2021: Pediatric Head Injury
- Nov 2021: Pediatric Trauma: Airway and Breathing
- Oct 2021: Targeting Gunshot Wounds in The Pediatric Patient
- Sep 2020: Breaking News: The Latest on Pediatric Fractures
- Aug 2021: Toddlers, Teens and Everyone In-between: Pediatric Ingestion
- Jul 2021: Is your Agency Peds Ready? And not just for disasters
- May 2021: Fire and Water: Both fascinate children and both can be fatal
- Apr 2021: A Child with Special Needs will Inspire you to be a Special Kind of Person
- Mar 2021: Abdominal Pain in Children
- Feb 2021: Out of the Hospital: Pediatric Cardiac Arrest
- Jan 2021: It’s a New Year: We Want to Change the Way you Treat Children
- Dec 2020: Utah Ranks in the Top 5: Out of Hospital Births
- Nov 2020: Children and Burn Related Injuries
- Oct 2020: Eye Injuries in the Pediatric Patient
- Sep 2020: Peds Ready for September
- Aug 2020: Hydration and IV Starts
- July 2020: Snake Bites: What do you do?
- June 2020: Stress
- May 2020: Trampolines and Kids
- April 2020: Kids Eat the Darndest Things
- March 2020 Special Issue: COVID-19
- March 2020: Drowning
- February 2020: Adverse Childhood Experiences
- January 2020: What is EMSC
- December 2019: Recognizing Child Abuse
- November 2019: Out of Hospital Births
- October 2019: Lightning and Electrical Injuries
- September 2019: Pedestrian Injuries
- August 2019: Youth Suicide
- July 2019: EMSC Coordinator Workshop
- June 2019: Measles
- May 2019: Prehospital Medication Administration
- April 2019: Advocacy
- March 2019: Pediatric Pain Issues
- February 2019: Marijuana Use and Overdose
- January 2019: Stop the Bleed
- November – December 2018
- July – August 2018: Auto Pedestrian Trauma
- May – June 2018: Vaccination
- March – April 2018: Pediatric Education
- January 2018: Air Pollution and Airway
- December 2017: Suicide
- November 2017: Head Injury
- October 2017: Opioids
- September 2017: Choking
- August 2017: Pediatric Tips & Tricks
- July 2017: Behavioral Emergencies
- June 2017: Traumatic Shock
- March 2017: Toxic Exposure
Pediatric Emergency and Trauma Outreach Series (PETOS)
Primary Children’s Hospital, Emergency Medical Services for Children, Office of Emergency Medical Services and Preparedness and the University of Utah have partnered to offer free Pediatric Emergency and Trauma Outreach Series (PETOS) to EMS providers.
The lectures are held on the 2nd Monday of each month from 2:00pm to 3:00pm and are presented by physicians from Primary Children’s Hospital. For more information, please visit the PETOS website.
Children’s Health Information Red Pack (CHIRP)
The CHIRP program is a free service provided the Utah Emergency Medical Services for Children program within the Utah Department of Health and Human Services. The goal is to ensure that up-to-date information is easily available for emergency medical services providers if you have to call 9-1-1 to assist your child with special health care needs. Please use the link below to create or retrieve a CHIRP sheet for your child.
CHIRP Program Information and Resources
In General
For Parents and Communities
For EMS Training and School/Educators
Utah Pediatric Trauma Network (UPTN)
The Utah Pediatric Trauma Network will develop, refine, and recommend methodologies, standards, and guidelines to reduce morbidity, mortality, and the cost of injury to pediatric patients in Utah. One of the primary goals of the UPTN is to help extend pediatric trauma expertise to all providers who treat injured children within the State. By collaborating with each facility, best care guidelines and benchmarks of quality care will be established based on the individual facility’s capabilities and resources. Thus, working towards the right treatment of each injured child at the right facility within the right period of time.
UPTN Website: https://utahptn.org
UPTN Forms and References
- UPTN Physician Payment Form
- UPTN Conference Reimbursement Guide for Intermountain Healthcare Employees
- UPTN Conference Reimbursement Guide for Non-Intermountain Healthcare Employees
- Brain Injury: Keeping your child safe after a head injury
- Brain Injury: Creating a healing environment
- 2020 Identification of Child Physical Abuse Clinical Guideline
- 2020 Pediatric TBI Severity Categories and Return to Play and Follow up Guidelines
- 2020 PED Pediatric TBI Clinical Guideline
- 2020 PED+ Pediatric TBI Clinical Guideline
- 2020 PED-ED Pediatric TBI Clinical Guideline
- Pediatric Categories by Age
EMSC Resources
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Contact Tia Dickson (tdickson@utah.gov; 801-707-3763) with questions or concerns regarding the Utah EMSC program.