Children In Disasters: Health Professionals
Pediatric Health Professionals
AAP Webinar
This webinar provides the latest information from the AAP and CDC on flu and why flu vaccination for people with special healthcare needs and disabilities, and those who care for them, is more important than ever.
- 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
- New York City Pediatric Disaster Coalition’s Hospital Guidelines for Pediatric Preparedness [PDF – 1MB / 146 pages]
- Family Reunification Following Disasters: A Planning Tool for Health Care Facilities [1.11 MB / 53 pages]
Training Resources
An Important topic for pediatricians: Preparing for Emerging Infectious Disease Outbreaks: Zika and more
- HHS Child and Adolescent Health Emergency Planning Toolkit for health care, public health, and social services providers serving Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs (CYSHCN) and their families/caregivers
- 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
- 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 [241 KB / 2 pages]: A Lesson and Reference for Health Professionals
- Pediatric Disaster Response and Emergency Preparedness Courses: Pediatric specific planning considerations for disaster preparedness
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Training Resources
An Important topic for pediatricians: Preparing for Emerging Infectious Disease Outbreaks: Zika and more
- HHS Child and Adolescent Health Emergency Planning Toolkit for health care, public health, and social services providers serving Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs (CYSHCN) and their families/caregivers
- 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
- 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 [241 KB / 2 pages]: A Lesson and Reference for Health Professionals
- Pediatric Disaster Response and Emergency Preparedness Courses: Pediatric specific planning considerations for disaster preparedness
