Children In Disasters: 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 icon[PDF – 455 KB]
- American Academy of Pediatrics resources on Disaster Preparedness to Meet Children’s Needsexternal icon
- New York City Pediatric Disaster Coalition’s Hospital Guidelines for Pediatric Preparedness pdf icon[PDF – 1MB / 146 pages]external icon
- Family Reunification Following Disasters: A Planning Tool for Health Care Facilities pdf icon[1.11 MB / 53 pages]external icon
Training Resources

An Important topic for pediatricians: Preparing for Emerging Infectious Disease Outbreaks: Zika and more
- Just In Time Disaster Trainingexternal icon from the Disaster Resistant Communities Group
- Pandemic preparedness trainingexternal icon 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 Disasters pdf icon[241 KB / 2 pages]external icon: A Lesson and Reference for Health Professionals
- Pediatric Disaster Response and Emergency Preparedness Coursesexternal icon: Pediatric specific planning considerations for disaster preparedness
Learn More About…
- Providing psychosocial support to children and families in the aftermath of disasters and crises external icon
- Ensuring the health of children in disasters external icon
- Medical countermeasures for children in public health emergencies, disasters, or terrorism external icon
- FEMA Online Courses:
- Planning for the needs of Children in Disastersexternal icon IS-366
- Multi-hazard Planning for Childcareexternal icon IS-36
- Preparing for Mass Casualty Incidents: A Guide for Schools, Higher Education, and Houses of Worshipexternal icon, IS-360
- Multi-hazard Emergency Planning for Schoolsexternal icon IS-362.A