Children represent a special challenge for emergency care providers, because they have unique medical needs in comparison to adults. For decades, policy makers and providers have recognized the special needs of children, but the system has been slow to develop an adequate response to their needs. This is in part due to inadequacies within the broader emergency care system. Emergency Care for Children examines the challenges associated with the provision of emergency services to children and families and evaluates progress since the publication of the Institute of Medicine report Emergency Medical Services for Children (1993), the first comprehensive look at pediatric emergency care in the United States. This new book offers an analysis of: • The role of pediatric emergency services as an integrated component of the overall health system. • System-wide pediatric emergency care planning, preparedness, coordination, and funding. • Pediatric training in professional education. • Research in pediatric emergency care. Emergency Care for Children is one of three books in the Future of Emergency Care series. This book will be of particular interest to emergency health care providers, professional organizations, and policy makers looking to address the pediatric deficiencies within their emergency care systems.

In this issue of Pediatric Clinics, guest editors Yvonne A. Maldonado, Steven E. Krug, and Erica Y. Popovsky bring their considerable expertise to the topic of Pandemic Planning in Pediatrics. Top experts in the field discuss key topics such as vaccine development, workforce concerns, overcoming vulnerabilities in our emergency care system, and more. - Contains 13 relevant, practice-oriented topics including the Impact of COVID-19 on the Health of Migrant Children in the United States; The Role of Clinic Preparedness to Support Patients and Strengthen the Medical System During and After a Pandemic; Infection Prevention and Control Implications of Special Pathogens in Children; and more. - Provides in-depth clinical reviews on pandemic planning in pediatrics, offering actionable insights for clinical practice. - Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews.

Clinical decision making in the emergency department; Recent advances in the recognition, evaluation and management of pediatric sepsis; Evaluation and management of the adult patient presenting to a pediatric ED; Critical care in the pediatric ED; Point of care testing in the ED: Implications, impact and future directions; Child abuse and conditions that mimic them; Indications and interpretation of common investigations/tests in the ED; Recent advances in pediatric concussion and mild traumatic brain injury; Pediatric emergency care: Impact on healthcare and implications for policy; Clinical decision rules in the pediatric ED; Pediatric urgent care: The good, the bad and the ugly; Advances in medical education and implications for the pediatric ED workforce; Quality and safety in pediatric ED; Optimizing resources and impact of lean processes on ED operations; Pediatric readiness and disaster management; Recent advances in technology and its applications to pediatric emergency care

This new textbook is the definitive evidence-based resource for pediatric critical care. It is the first ostensibly evidence-based pediatric critical care textbook and will prove an invaluable resource for critical care professionals across the globe.

APLS: The Pediatric Emergency Medicine Resource, Revised Fourth Edition offers the information necessary to assess and manage critically ill or injured children during the first hours in the emergency department. The Revised Fourth Edition of APLS is truly the body of knowledge in pediatric emergency medicine. If you want the newest, most comprehensive reference on pediatric emergency medicine, the Revised Fourth Edition will meet your needs. Developed by expert authors, editors, and faculty from both AAP and ACEP, the new APLS is a unique teaching and learning system for individual physicians, residents, students, and APLS instructors and course directors. The Fourth Edition of APLS has been revised and expanded to cover new conclusions drawn from reason, fact, and experience to the benefit of sick and injured children worldwide. Together, AAP and ACEP developed APLS into a new, stand-alone course, offering continuing medical education units and an APLS course completion card. The course is highly interactive with small group scenarios, hands-on skill stations, and case-based lectures.

The One Resource That Explains EVERY Provision of the Single Most Sweeping Piece of Legislation in 50 Years! CCH's Law, Explanation and Analysis of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Including Reconciliation Act Impact provides employers, legal, legislative, health, and insurance professionals with comprehensive explanation and analysis of every aspect of health care reform legislation. The information is crucial, current, and reliable and offers complete, clear and practical guidance on every provision. This is one of the most high-impact pieces of legislation passed in decades. Taken together, the laws are over 2,800 pages long. Many hundreds of changes are made to existing laws and– over 600 changes to the Social Security Act alone (which contains all of the Medicare and Medicaid law), including almost 50 newly added provisions. Other laws affected include the Employee Retirement Income and Security Act (ERISA), the Public Health Service Act, the Internal Revenue Code, and even the Fair Labor Standards Act, among others. Law, Explanation and Analysis of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Including Reconciliation Act Impact include contains almost 500 expert explanations telling you what all those law changes mean. Only Law, Explanation and Analysis of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Including Reconciliation Act Impact includes: An editorially enhanced version of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that integrates in place changes made to it by the Reconciliation Act of 2010 and Title X amendments Text of the Joint Committee on Taxation report that provides background information on the revenue-related provisions of the laws Finding devices to help navigate between analysis and official text Caution notes The legislation contains the most significant health care changes in decades. Topics covered include the following: For employers: Enhanced employer responsibility Insurance market reforms Health insurance exchanges Individual responsibility mandate For health providers and beneficiaries: Expanded eligibility rules for Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program Reimbursement changes for physicians and hospitals to focus on primary and preventive care Reimbursement changes for hospitals to increase coverage in rural areas Expansion of existing value-based purchasing and quality programs EXCLUSIVE ONLINE FEATURE! With your purchase of the book, you'll receive access to a special website that gives you access to SSA, ERISA, and IRC provisions amended by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Reconciliation Act of 2010, as well as other valuable Health Care Reform information and resources. Full text of both Acts will also be provided on this exclusive website.

Today our emergency care system faces an epidemic of crowded emergency departments, patients boarding in hallways waiting to be admitted, and daily ambulance diversions. Hospital-Based Emergency Care addresses the difficulty of balancing the roles of hospital-based emergency and trauma care, not simply urgent and lifesaving care, but also safety net care for uninsured patients, public health surveillance, disaster preparation, and adjunct care in the face of increasing patient volume and limited resources. This new book considers the multiple aspects to the emergency care system in the United States by exploring its strengths, limitations, and future challenges. The wide range of issues covered includes: • The role and impact of the emergency department within the larger hospital and health care system. • Patient flow and information technology. • Workforce issues across multiple disciplines. • Patient safety and the quality and efficiency of emergency care services. • Basic, clinical, and health services research relevant to emergency care. • Special challenges of emergency care in rural settings. Hospital-Based Emergency Care is one of three books in the Future of Emergency Care series. This book will be of particular interest to emergency care providers, professional organizations, and policy makers looking to address the deficiencies in emergency care systems.