EMS Pediatric Care

Stork Award Program +

• Stork Award Program Policy for EMS Field Deliveries of a Newborn (PDF)

• EMD Stork Award Nomination Form (PDF) (updated 3/24/22)

• 2020 Report on Stork Awards (PDF) (January 27, 2021)

Pediatric Emergency Care Coordination (PECC) +

• As part of the EMSC grant, we have a goal of 90% of all Maine EMS services to have a designated individual to coordinate pediatric care

• Visit our Pediatric Emergency Care Coordinator Page

Pediatric EMS Equipment Usage +

• As part of the EMSC grant, we have a goal of 90% of all Maine EMS services to have a process that requires EMS providers to physically demonstrate the correct use of pediatric specific equipment (30% by 2020, 60% by 2023, and 90% by 2026).

  Demonstrating pediatric-specific equipment Youtube Overview Video

  Simulation-based Assessment of Paramedic Pediatric Resuscitation Skills (PDF) (Prehospital Emergency Care, 2009)

  Michigan Pediatric Medication Dosing by Paramedics Study (PDF) (Prehospital Emergency Care, 2019)

Safe Transport of Children By EMS +

• Documenting Pediatric Transport Method in MEFIRS (PDF) (4/7/2020)
• Pediatric Transport Device Comparison (PDF) (10/2020)
• NASEMSO Safe Transport of Children Committee (Website)
• Safe Transport of Children by EMS: Interim Guidance (PDF) (3/8/2017)
• NASEMSO Proposal for Testing Child Restraint Devices in Ambulances (3/11/2020)
• The State of Pediatric Transport (PDF) (courtesy of EMSWorld & Quantum EMS) 
• Child Passenger Safety - Maine Bureau of Highway Safety (Website)

  Transport Device Manuals

• (Does not constitute product recommendation by Maine EMS)

  Ferno KangooFix User Manual (PDF) (2/27/24)
• Ferno Pedi-Mate User Manual (PDF) (1/12019)
• Ferno Pedi-Mate Plus User Manual (PDF) (1/1/2019)
• Ferno Neo-Mate User Manual (PDF) (1/1/2019)
• Quantum ACR Pediatric Transport Education (PowerPoint) (3/1/2019)

2021 EMSC EMS Survey +

• The Maine EMS for Children program continued surveying EMS agencies in Maine in 2021.  This survey was sent to every EMS agency in Maine, as well as over 15,000 EMS services nationally.  The focus of this survey was on pediatric 911 call volume, as well as pediatric training conducted by individual EMS agencies. With nearly 92% of Maine EMS agencies completing the survey, we are extremely grateful for the time service leaders took in filling out the information.

  2021 Maine EMSC EMS Survey Results Report & Recommendations (PDF) (June 24, 2021)

  2021 Maine EMSC EMS Survey Results (PDF) (June 24, 2021)

  2021 National EMS Survey Report (PDF) (July, 2021)

• 2021 National EMSC EMS Survey Results (PDF) (June 24, 2021)

2019 EMSC EMS Survey +

• The Maine EMS for Children program conducted a statewide survey of all EMS agencies regarding two critical concepts.  These concepts are part of the EMS-C performance measures and federal requirements.

  • 1. Does your service have a Pediatric Emergency Care Coordinator (PECC) to help with equipment, education, and pediatric-specific QI?
    2. Do you conduct annual pediatric-specific skills evaluations of your clinicians?

  Maine EMS-C and NEDARC (our EMS-C national partner in data collection and analysis) reached out to all services and service leaders with a multitude of emails, statewide meeting reminders, and hundreds of phone calls over a period of 3 months.  118 out of 259 (45.6%) EMS services responded to the survey and provided the following information. (14 licensed services were not included as they do not respond to 911 calls)

  2019 Maine EMSC EMS survey results (PDF)

  2019 National EMSC EMS survey results (PDF)