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Annotation: The overall goal of this project was to develop a regional network of Pediatric Intensive Care Units (PICU's) to assure that critically ill and injured children have adequate access to high quality intensive care and that such services are provided efficiently and economically with maximum use of scarce and expensive resources and personnel. Activities included: supporting the development of the Pediatric Intensive Care Nurses' Network and the Respiratory Care Practitioners' Network of Northern and Central California and working with these Networks to promote a multi-disciplinary team approach to pediatric critical care; planning and presenting regional educational programs related to pediatric critical care for community hospitals, physicians, nurses and other health professionals; and collecting and analyzing data on pediatric critical care resources, referral patterns, utilization, and characteristics of children receiving intensive care in PICU 's and community hospitals. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Contact: National Technical Information Service, O.S. Department of Commerce, 5301 Shawnee Road, Alexandria, VA 22312, Telephone: (703) 605-6050 Secondary Telephone: (888) 584-8332 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.ntis.gov Document Number: NTIS PB91-242065.

Keywords: Critically Ill Children, Injured Children, Intensive Care, Networks

Annotation: This mobile app and poster provide information for parents and other caregivers about oral injuries, including how to prevent oral trauma in primary teeth, what to do in case of a fall that affects permanent teeth, and what to do if a permanent tooth is broken or knocked out. The app is available in Arabic, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Indonesian, Italian, Malay, Northern Sami, Norwegian Bokmal, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Swedish, and Turkish. The poster is available in Arabic, Bulgarian, Chinese, Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Slovenian, Spanish, Tamil, Turkish, and Vietnamese.

Contact: International Association of Dental Traumatology, RES Seminars Inc., 4425 Cass Street, Suite A, San Diego, CA 92019, E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: https://iadt-dentaltrauma.org/ Available from the website.

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Keywords: Consumer education materials, Critical care, Dental care, Emergency medical services, Falls, First aid, Injuries, Injury prevention, International health, Mobile applications, Multimedia, Non English language materials, Oral health, Outcome and process assessment, Posters, Safety, Trauma care

Annotation: This report highlights key findings from a qualitative exploratory study about asthma care for African American and Latino children ages 4-14 from families with low incomes in Washington, DC. Topics include poor housing, the lack of health professionals in low-income neighborhoods, the gap between acute and chronic care, barriers to asthma management, and lessons for improving asthma care and children's asthma outcomes. The appendices contain information about the study sample, recruitment, lessons learned, and focus group and one-on-one interview discussion guides.

Contact: Urban Institute, 2100 M Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20037, Telephone: (202) 833-7200 Fax: (202) 467-5775 E-mail: http://www.urban.org/about/contact.cfm Web Site: http://www.urban.org Available from the website.

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Keywords: Asthma, Blacks, Children, Chronic diseases and disabilities, Critical care, Disease management, Hispanic Americans, Local initiatives, Low income groups, Pediatric care, Program improvement, Research

Annotation: These resources for oral health professionals provide guidance on immediate and urgent care for traumatic oral injuries, including fractures and luxations of permanent teeth, avulsion of permanent teeth, and traumatic injuries to primary teeth. Topics include diagnosis, treatment planning, follow-up care, and outcomes. Special considerations for trauma to primary teeth, immature versus mature permanent teeth, avulsion of permanent teeth, and patient/parent instructions are included. The guidelines are available in Arabic, Dutch, English, Hebrew, Portuguese, Russian, and Turkish.

Contact: International Association of Dental Traumatology, RES Seminars Inc., 4425 Cass Street, Suite A, San Diego, CA 92019, E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: https://iadt-dentaltrauma.org/ Available from the website.

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Keywords: Critical care, Dental care, Emergency medical services, International health, Non English language materials, Oral health, Outcome and process assessment, Resources for professionals, Trauma care

Annotation: This book is a collection of materials on emergency medical services for children (EMSC). Chapters focus on training of emergency medical technicians in caring for critically ill children, protocols for pediatric care in the prehospital setting, endotracheal intubation of pediatric patients by paramedics, and utilization of EMSC services by primary care physicians. State contacts for EMSC programs are listed, along with guidelines for planning and equipping a pediatric trauma center. Appendices include model EMSC legislation and a sample transfer form. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Contact: Maternal and Child Health Library at Georgetown University, E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: https://www.mchlibrary.org Available for loan. Document Number: HRSA Info. Ctr. MCHG060.

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Keywords: Child health, Critical care, Emergency medical services, Emergency medical services for children, Emergency medical technicians, Guidelines, Injuries, Protocols, Quality assurance, Training, Trauma care

Annotation: This report addressed to state legislators reviews the public policy aspects of traumatic brain injury, including the services such patients require; what federal assistance is available; what private insurance coverage applies; how states finance and deliver services to people with traumatic brain injuries; and how long-term care is handled. There is also a resources list of organizations that work in this area.

Contact: National Conference of State Legislatures, 7700 East First Place, Denver, CO 80230, Telephone: (303) 364-7700 Contact Phone: (303) 830-2054 Fax: (303) 364-7800 Contact E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.ncsl.org Available in libraries.

Keywords: Costs, Critical care, Injury prevention, Injury severity, Insurance, Legislation, State government, Trauma care, Traumatic brain injuries, Treatment

Annotation: This report presents data derived from a study on the utilization of acute care health services by children and adults with disabilities. It analyzes the utilization trends with respect of these groups' access to health insurance whether through private policies, Medicare, or Medicaid. Three trends are analyzed: health insurance coverage, sociodemographic characteristics, and disabilities; disability, insurance, and health services use; and disability, poverty, employment, and insurance. The report includes trend analysis and conclusions, detailed statistical tables, and a description of the background of the study and the methodology that was utilized.

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Keywords: Adolescents with special health care needs, Adults, Children with special health care needs, Critical care, Demographics, Disabilities, Health care utilization, Insurance, Medicaid, Medicare, Special health care needs, Statistics

Annotation: This project was designed to develop an Emergency Medical Services for Children (EMSC) program in California. The project worked with a variety of local organizations in order to collect and analyze data on pediatric emergency medical services (EMS) systems. An injury severity index was developed to predict outcomes and to determine how specialized care would affect outcomes, and the cost of pediatric emergency medical services care was calculated. These data were used as the basis for proposing a rural EMSC system for communities with a variety of EMSC resources. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Contact: National Technical Information Service, O.S. Department of Commerce, 5301 Shawnee Road, Alexandria, VA 22312, Telephone: (703) 605-6050 Secondary Telephone: (888) 584-8332 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.ntis.gov Document Number: NTIS PB94-164100.

Keywords: American Academy of Pediatrics, Cost-Benefit Analysis, Critical Care, Data Collection, Emergency Medical Services, Health Professionals, Rural Population, Trauma

Annotation: This symposium focused on reducing the mortality and morbidity rates of critically ill children. It presents examples of pediatric critical care systems, pediatric intensive care networks, standards related to pediatric critical care, and new and developing programs. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Contact: Pediatric Intensive Care Network of Northern and Central California, 150 Felker Street, Suite H, Santa Cruz, CA 95060, Contact Phone: (408) 458-3350 Available from the website.

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Keywords: Children, Conferences, Critical care, Pediatric intensive care

Annotation: This document presents the proceedings of the first annual conference for parents of critically ill newborns, held by Parents of Premature and High Risk Infants International, Inc. October 11-13, 1984 in Salt Lake City. Sessions discussed the Parent Care organization, parent chapters, impact of the neonatal intensive care unit, new frontiers for the NICU, graduation from the newborn ICU, and neonatal ethics.

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Keywords: Critical care, Neonatal intensive care units, Newborn infants, Parents, Self help groups