Patricia Schmuhl

TL;DR: Improvement in pediatric readiness of EDs compared with previous reports is demonstrated and barriers to implementation of guidelines may be targeted for future initiatives by a national coalition whose goal is to ensure day-to-day pediatric readiness.

TL;DR: The first comprehensive statewide assessment of "pediatric readiness" in EDs according to the 2009 "Guidelines for Care of Children in the Emergency Department" found the presence of a pediatric readiness verification process, pediatric emergency care coordinator, and quality improvement plan for pediatricEmergency care was associated with higher levels of pediatric readiness.

TL;DR: A significant proportion of US children do not have timely access to emergency departments with high pediatric readiness, as defined by collaboratively developed published guidelines.

TL;DR: EMS providers seem to prefer a more traditional mode (paper) when responding to a survey, which influences the number of skipped questions but does not impact the quality of open-ended answers.

TL;DR: Response rates from two waves of the Emergency Medical Services for Children Program’s Performance Measures Survey, a state-administered establishment survey, were compared to determine if the second wave's revised, centralized implementation strategy improved response rates and consistency across states.