These resources will assist hospitals to prepare for pediatric victims and their families during disasters by creating a working group to address this important area.
To order copies of Children in Disasters, please send requests to hepp@health.nyc.gov.
Children in Disasters : Hospital Guidelines for Pediatric Preparedness, 3rd edition, Nov. 2008
Pediatric Disaster Hospital Tabletop Exercise Toolkit
The toolkit supplies all the materials needed for a hospital to conduct a tabletop exercise using a predominantly pediatric population in the scenario. The scenario has been created to test the ability of a hospital with or without pediatric services, and may be modified to increase complexity for highly sophisticated pediatric specialty hospitals.
NYC Hospital Pediatric and Neonatal Resource Directory
Additional Pediatric Preparedness Resources
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