Importance There is substantial variability among emergency departments (EDs) in their
readiness to care for acutely ill and injured children, including US trauma centers. While …

Importance The National Pediatric Readiness Project is a US initiative to improve
emergency department (ED) readiness to care for acutely ill and injured children. However …

BACKGROUND Injured children initially treated at trauma centers with high emergency
department (ED) pediatric readiness have improved survival. Centers with limited resources …

Objective: We used machine learning to identify the highest impact components of
emergency department (ED) pediatric readiness for predicting in-hospital survival among …

Importance Emergency departments (EDs) with high pediatric readiness (coordination,
personnel, quality improvement, safety, policies, and equipment) are associated with lower …

BACKGROUND Pediatric readiness among US emergency departments is not universal.
Trauma hospitals adhere to standards that may support day-to-day readiness for children …

Importance Emergency department (ED) pediatric readiness is associated with improved
survival among children. However, the association between geographic access to high …

Injury is the leading cause of death in children older than 1 year, and children make up 22%
of the population. Pediatric readiness (PR) of the nation's emergency departments and state …

Importance Presentation to emergency departments (EDs) with high levels of pediatric
readiness is associated with improved pediatric survival. However, it is unclear whether …

BACKGROUND: Emergency departments (EDs) vary in their level of readiness to care for
pediatric emergencies. We evaluated the effect of ED pediatric readiness on the mortality of …