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Recommended Essential Equipment for Basic Life Support and Advanced Life Support Ground Ambulances 2020: A Joint Position Statement

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10903127.2021.1886382

Released April 2021

The Use Of Automated External Defibrillators In Children

POSITION STATEMENT: Markenson DS, Domeier R, NAEMSP. The use of automated external defibrillators in children. Prehospital Emergency Care 2003;7(2):258-264.

http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10903120390936914#.Vdt6BvlViko

Current Version Release Date: June 2020 {RETIRED by NAEMSP Board of Directors}  The  American Academy of Pediatrics/Committee on Pediatric Emergency Medicine document titled: "Advocating for Life Support Training of Children, Parents, Caregivers, School Personnel, and the Public" by Fuchs et al. Pediatrics, June 2018, 141 (6) e20180705; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2018-0705, addresses the support for AED use for children of any age experiencing and out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.  The NAEMSP Board of Directors endorsed this document regarding AED use in the pediatric population on June 2020. [https://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/141/6/e20180705]

ERRATUM: Erratum regarding AED use in Children. Prehospital Emergency Care 2003;7(4):495.

Previous Version(s): October 2003, April 2003

RESOURCE DOCUMENT: none

Withholding or Termination of Resuscitation in Pediatric Out-of-Hospital Traumatic Cardiopulmonary Arrest.

POSITION STATEMENT: Withholding or termination of resuscitation in pediatric out-of-hospital traumatic cardiopulmonary arrest. Pediatrics 2014;133(4):e1104-1116.

ALSO IN Annals of Emergency Medicine 2014;63(4):504-515.

Joint Position Statement of the NAEMSP9, AAP2, and ACEP3

https://publications.aap.org/pediatrics/article-pdf/1100684/peds_2014-0176.pdf 

Current Version Release Date: 2014

Previous Version(s): none

RESOURCE DOCUMENT: none​

Physician Oversight of Pediatric Care in Emergency Medical Services

POSITION STATEMENT: Physician Oversight of Pediatric Care in Emergency Medical Services. Prehospital Emergency Care. DOI: 10.1080/10903127.2016.1229826. (Published online 06 Oct 2016.)

Current Version Release Date: October 2016

Previous Versions: none

RESOURCE DOCUMENT: none

Link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10903127.2016.1229826

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