Children In Disasters: Health Professionals
Pediatric Health Professionals
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- CDC’s Planning Resources by Setting for clinicians, responders, communities and more
- American Academy of Pediatrics’ clinical report on Disaster Preparedness in Neonatal Intensive Care Units Cdc-pdf[PDF – 455 KB]
- American Academy of Pediatrics resources on Disaster Preparedness to Meet Children’s NeedsExternal
- New York City Pediatric Disaster Coalition’s Hospital Guidelines for Pediatric PreparednessExternal
- Family Reunification Following Disasters: A Planning Tool for Health Care Facilities Cdc-pdf[1.11 MB / 53 pages]External
Training Resources
- Just In Time Disaster TrainingExternal from the Disaster Resistant Communities Group
- Pandemic preparedness trainingExternal for public health officials from the University of Kentucky Center on Trauma and Children
- For healthcare providers
- Scheduled and on-demand emergency preparedness and response training resources via CDC’s Clinician Outreach and Communication Activity (COCA)
- Tracking and Reunification of Children in DisastersExternal: A Lesson and Reference for Health Professionals
- Pediatric Disaster Response and Emergency Preparedness CoursesExternal: Pediatric specific planning considerations for disaster preparedness
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Page last reviewed: September 13, 2018
