Emergency Medical Services for Children
National Resource Center
The Emergency Medical Services for Children (EMSC) National Resource Center (NRC) was established in 1991 to help improve the pediatric emergency care infrastructure throughout the United States and its territories.
The NRC is housed within Children’s National Medical Center, a leader in the development and application of innovative new treatments for childhood illness and injury. In 2008, the NRC received its fourth (multi-year) funding award to provide support to the Federal EMSC Program.
The Federal EMSC Program
The Federal EMSC Program is designed to ensure that all children and adolescents, no matter where they live, attend school, or travel, receive appropriate care in a health emergency. It is administered by the United States Department of Health and Human Services’ Health Resources and Services Administration’s Maternal and Child Health Bureau. Since its establishment, the EMSC Program has provided grant funding to all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and five U.S. territories.
For more information about the EMSC Program—when it was created, why it was established, what it has accomplished, and what it hopes to achieve in the future—consult the following reports:
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