Health Professionals

Pediatric Health Professionals

• 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 [PDF – 455 KB]
• American Academy of Pediatrics resources on Disaster Preparedness to Meet Children’s Needs
  • Pediatric Preparedness Resource Kit
• New York City Pediatric Disaster Coalition’s Hospital Guidelines for Pediatric Preparedness

Training Resources

• Just In Time Disaster Training from the Disaster Resistant Communities Group
• Pandemic preparedness training for public health officials from the University of Kentucky Center on Trauma and Children
• The National Center for Disaster Medicine and Public Health offers training on caring for an unaccompanied child
• For healthcare providers
  • Scheduled and on-demand emergency preparedness and response training resources via CDC’s Clinician Outreach and Communication Activity (COCA)
  • Radiation Issues in Children: Knowledge Check & Primer from the National Center for Disaster Medicine & Public Health
  • Webinar: Pediatric Preparedness for Healthcare Coalitions presented by the Department of Health and Human Services
  • Multiple free courses offered through the University of New Mexico Department of Emergency Medicine http://emed.unm.edu/
• Tracking and Reunification of Children in Disasters: A Lesson and Reference for Health Professionals
• Pediatric Disaster Response and Emergency Preparedness Courses: Pediatric specific planning considerations for disaster preparedness

Learn More About…

• Providing psychosocial support to children and families in the aftermath of disasters and crises
• Ensuring the health of children in disasters
• Medical countermeasures for children in public health emergencies, disasters, or terrorism
• FEMA Online Courses:
  • Planning for the needs of Children in Disasters IS-366
  • Multi-hazard Planning for Childcare IS-36
  • Introduction to the Incident Command System, I-100 for Schools IS-100.SCA
  • Multi-hazard Emergency Planning for Schools IS-362.A