Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Volume 10, Issue 3 , Pages 159-161, September 2009

Challenges Facing Pediatric Preparedness

  • Katherine Mason, MD

      Affiliations

    • Pediatric Critical Care Fellowship Program, Division of Pediatric Pharmacology and Critical Care, Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital, Cleveland, OH
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests and correspondence: Katherine Mason, MD, Pediatric Critical Care Fellowship Program, Division of Pediatric Pharmacology and Critical Care, Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital, 11100 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, OH 44106.
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  • Michael R. Anderson, MD

      Affiliations

    • University Hospitals of Cleveland, Cleveland, OH
    • Division of Pediatric Critical Care, Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital, Cleveland, OH

This article is part of a collaborative effort by experts in the field of emergency preparedness to complete an overview begun by the late Michael Shannon, MD, MPH, on the current challenges and future directions in pediatric disaster readiness. This particular article, "Challenges Facing Pediatric Preparedness," will review some of the major challenges facing current efforts to enhance pediatric readiness.

 

PII: S1522-8401(09)00068-8

doi:10.1016/j.cpem.2009.07.014

Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Volume 10, Issue 3 , Pages 159-161, September 2009