Charlotte, Houston, & Milwaukee Prehospital EMS Research Node Center of PECARN. Our goal is to conduct innovative & relevant pediatric prehospital research.
Buffalo, NY
Joined November 2015
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🚨 What’s happening with EMSC funding?
Join the @AmerAcadPeds Pediatric Readiness group for a special session with Mandy Slutsker, AAP’s Director of Federal & Global Health Advocacy, on the future of EMSC funding.
🗓️ Aug 21 | 12pm EST
💬 Brief talk + open Q&A
✅ Open to AAP and non-members
🎥 Will be recorded
Learn:
– What EMSC is & what it funds
– How the funding works (and doesn’t)
– What just happened this year—and what’s next
📢 Please share widely!
#PedsReady #EMSC #PediatricEmergencyCare
@ProdigyEMS @JEMSConnect @EMSWorldOFCL @NAEMSP @EMSCImprovement
🔗tinyurl.com/yc5j268z
❌ Training hours: NOPE
❌ Pediatric Emergency Care Coordinators (PECCs): NOPE
❌ Protocols: NOPE
✅ Young age: YEP
A multi-agency study found that these #EMS factors did not reduce safety events and infants face highest risk.
🚨New strategies are urgently needed.
Read more about this research here 👇🏽
tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/…
@MattHansenMD @PECARNteam #prehospital
@ProdigyEMS @JEMSConnect @EMSWorldOFCL
🚨 How do we prepare #EMS for adverse events in pediatric Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest (#OHCA)?
📋 Researchers reviewed 659 pediatric OHCA cases, assessing safety events and agency factors like Pediatric Emergency Care Coordinators (#PECCs), training hours & protocol tools.
📊 Result: While no link was found between these factors, but they did find younger ages to be a risk.
Do we need extra training for the very young? 🧐
Read more about this study here 👇🏽
tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/…
@MattHansenMD @PECARNteam #prehospital
@ProdigyEMS @JEMSConnect @EMSWorldOFCL
📚 A recent study tested a virtual, #EMS-specific neonatal resuscitation course for out-of-hospital births—rare but high-risk events.
Neonatal Resuscitation Program #NRP knowledge was tested 👇🏽
🧠 Pretest: 5.3/10
⚡ Post-test: 8.6/10
📅 3-month follow-up: 6.9/10.
🚑98% of EMS clinicians said it filled a critical training gap
@MattHansenMD @PECARNteam #prehospital
@ProdigyEMS @JEMSConnect @EMSWorldOFCL
Learn more about the EMS-specific curriculum here: tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/…
🚨Drs. Trang Huynh & Matthew Hansen built a virtual neonatal resuscitation course specifically for #EMS
❌ Not hospital-based.
❌ Not lecture-heavy.
✅ Just practical, Neonatal Resuscitation Program-aligned skills tailored for the field.
@MattHansenMD @PECARNteam #prehospital
@ProdigyEMS @JEMSConnect @EMSWorldOFCL
👉🏼 Read more about this curriculum here: tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/…
Most #EMS clinicians have limited exposure to newborn deliveries—and even less to resuscitating a neonate 👶🏾
There’s no standardized, EMS-friendly training nationwide 🚑
A new study is changing that 👉🏼 Read more about the #Virtual Neonatal Resuscitation Curriculum for EMS here:
tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/…
@MattHansenMD @PECARNteam #prehospital
@ProdigyEMS @JEMSConnect @EMSWorldOFCL
The Neonatal Resuscitation Program (#NRP) is the U.S. standard—but it's built for the hospital 🏥
#EMS needs context-specific training 👉🏼 this study piloted a virtual NRP-based course tailored just for EMS 🚑
➡️ The curriculum is effective, scalable, and well-received, making it a promising candidate for standardized EMS neonatal training nationwide
@MattHansenMD @PECARNteam #prehospital
@ProdigyEMS @JEMSConnect @EMSWorldOFCL
📖 Read more about it here: tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/…
👶 Critically ill children can’t consent.
Exemption from Informed Consent #EFIC allows vital #EMS trials to move forward—but only with community input.
🖥️ Pedi-PART's digital-first approach showed we can gather meaningful, ethical consent via modern tools.
@henrywangmd @MattHansenMD @PECARNTeam
@ProdigyEMS @JEMSConnect @EMSWorldOFCL
Read more about community engagement for this #pediatric #prehospital #airway resuscitation trial here 👇🏽
sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
#EFIC requires community input—but #EMS trials often struggle to reach enough people.
Pedi-PART proved it’s possible:
✅ Wide reach
✅ Diverse voices
✅ Rapid + supportive responses
Let’s rethink how we engage the public in emergency research 🧐
@henrywangmd @MattHansenMD @PECARNTeam
@ProdigyEMS @JEMSConnect @EMSWorldOFCL
Read more about Exception from Informed Consent #EFIC and community engagement here 👇🏽
sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
🚑 How do you get public input when studying critically ill kids in the field?
With #EFIC, Pedi-PART went digital: Ads reached 3.4M people📝
Surveys showed 91% community support💡 Efficient, inclusive, and scalable
@henrywangmd @MattHansenMD @PECARNTeam
@ProdigyEMS @JEMSConnect @EMSWorldOFCL
Read more about community engagement for this #pediatric #prehospital #airway resuscitation trial here 👇🏽
sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
🚨In life or death #pediatric emergencies, there's no time for consent.
➡️ That’s where #EFIC—Exception from Informed Consent—comes in.
📱The Pedi-PART trial used EFIC + digital tools to ethically launch a #prehospital airway study with broad community support.
@henrywangmd @MattHansenMD @PECARNTeam
@ProdigyEMS @JEMSConnect @EMSWorldOFCL
#PediatricEMS #EMS
Read more about this study here 👇🏽
sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
Airway management in kids is rare - but when it’s needed, it’s complex.
This national dataset provides a clear takeaway:
👉🏼 Low frequency, low first-pass success
🚨We need better data, training, and preparation for these critical calls.
➡️ shorturl.at/7rHMp
📊 In nearly half of 2,500 ketamine-involved seizure calls, ketamine was the only med — no airway, no midazolam, no diazepam.
🚨That’s a clear signal: we need to look at ketamine in prehospital seizures
➡️ Read more here: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3905…
👶🏾 Pediatric airway management is rare - but critical.
In over 7 million EMS activations, only 5.9 in 10,000 involved advanced airway management for kids.
🚨 Are we training enough for high-acuity, low frequency scenarios?
➡️ Read more here: tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/…
🚑 Ketamine’s unique pharmacology makes it a promising tool for benzo-resistant seizures - but prehospital data is limited.
👇🏽This study shows what EMS is already doing. Now it’s time to evaluate outcomes, refine protocols, and train accordingly.
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3905…