Top NRC News Items

NRC Announces New Executive Director: Angela Mickalide, PhD, MCHES

 
Children's National Medical Center is pleased to announce that Angela Mickalide, PhD, MCHES, has been appointed Executive Director of the EMS for Children National Resource Center (NRC). Dr. Mickalide most recently served as the Director of Research for Safe Kids Worldwide where she was responsible for the organization's domestic and global research in all unintentional childhood injury risk areas. A long time member of the academic public health community, Dr. Mickalide has contributed to 80 scholarly publications and serves on the editorial boards of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine and Health Promotion Practice. Read more..


NRC Develops Example Program Manager Job Description and Detailed Scope of Work

To help states/territories with recruitment efforts, the EMS for Children National Resource Center (NRC) has developed an example program manager job description and detailed scope of work. State Partnership program directors and managers can adapt the template to individual needs. It includes a statement of the primary role of the EMS for Children State Partnership program manager and typical skills and duties in the areas of data Read more..


California's 16th Annual EMSC Educational Forum

California EMS for Children will host its' 16th Annual EMS for Children Education Forum on November 8, 2013, in Sacramento, CA. The goal of the Educational Forum is to provide an opportunity for EMTs, paramedics, and nurses to learn about vital children's issues and the new trends in emergency medicine. The conference provides resources on current EMS for Children techniques, Read more..


Save the Date: 2014 EMS for Children Program Meeting; Meeting Marks Program's 30th Anniversary

Mark your calendars! The dates for next year's EMS for Children Program Meeting have been finalized. The meeting will be held Tuesday, July 28 through Friday, August 1, 2014, at the Renaissance Arlington Capital View Hotel. Read more..

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Events

PECARN Steering Committee Meeting

The Summer 2013 PECARN Steering Committee Teleconference Call will be held from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm (Eastern). Participation in this call is by invitation only.

June 12, 2013

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SPROC Quarterly Conference Call

All SPROC grantees are encouraged to participate in the conference calls to stay informed on Program updates. If a grantee has agenda items they'd like to include in an upcoming call, please send those recommendations to a HRSA EMSC representative.

June 14, 2013 (starting at 2:00 pm Eastern)

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Latest Publications

Inter Facility Transfer Tool Kit

Developed by the EMSC National Resource Center, the Emergency Nurses Association, and the Society of Trauma Nurses, this interactive tool kit is designed to assist hospitals in developing preplanned processes for inter facility transfer of children.

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Health Policy News

The June issue of This Month in Health Policy News is now available for download. The report includes federal and state policy-related news items on emergency care and readiness, child and adolescent health, public health prevention efforts, health insurance, and federal and state budget issues, among other current and emerging topics.

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