Emergency Nurses Association
The Emergency Nurses Association (ENA) is the premier professional nursing association dedicated to defining the future of emergency nursing through advocacy, education, research, innovation, and leadership. Founded in 1970, ENA has proven to be an indispensable resource to the global emergency nursing community. With more than 43,000 members worldwide, ENA advocates for patient safety, develops industry-leading practice standards and guidelines, and guides emergency healthcare public policy. ENA members have expertise in triage, patient care, disaster preparedness, and all aspects of emergency care. Additional information is available at www.ena.org.www.ena.org
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Sep 20, 2026
Manish ShahGUEST
Through that initiative that has been in the works for approximately two decades now, we've learned that having every single emergency department ready to care for children, especially when there's a pediatric emergency care coordinator in that emergency department, that is associated with better outcomes.
Manish ShahGUEST
And so back about in 2014, when I was the EMS subcommittee chair for the American Academy of Pediatrics, one of the leaders in ED readiness, Dr. Marion Gauche-Hill proposed, why don't we do this for EMS as well? Why don't we have this concept of readiness for pre-hospital care? And so that idea sparked the work to have multi-organization collaboration between the AAP, the American College of Emergency Physicians, the National Association of EMS Physicians, National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians, and the Emergency Nurses Association to create a joint policy statement on pediatric readiness in the pre-hospital setting.
Manish ShahGUEST
And so that was published back in 2020.
Manish ShahGUEST
And right around the time that that was getting published, we, through Emergency Medical Services for Children program, funded by the Health Resources and Services Administration, I embarked on creating a steering committee to create this assessment because the assessment that's done in the emergency department is specific to that context.