Access to Optimal Emergency Care for Children
Kathleen Brown, Alice D. Ackerman, Timothy Ruttan, Sally K. Snow, Gregory P. Conners, James Callahan, Toni Gross, Madeline Joseph, Lois K. Lee, Elizabeth A. Mack, Jennifer R. Marín, Suzan Mazor, Ronald I. Paul, Nathan Timm, Ann Dietrich, Kiyetta Alade, Christopher S. Amato, Zaza Atanelov, Marc Auerbach, Isabel A. Barata, Lee S. Benjamin, Kathleen T. Berg, Cindy Chang, Jessica Chow, Corrie E. Chumpitazi, Ilene Claudius, Joshua Easter, Ashley A. Foster, Sean M. Fox, Marianne Gausche‐Hill, Michael Gerardi, Jeffrey M. Goodloe, Melanie Heniff, James L. Homme, Paul Ishimine, Susan D. John, Madeline Joseph, Samuel H. F. Lam, Simone L. Lawson, Moon O. Lee, Joyce Li, Sophia Lin, Dyllon Ivy Martini, Larry B. Mellick, Donna Mendez, Emory M. Petrack, Lauren Rice, Emily Rose, Mohsen Saidinejad, Genevieve Santillanes, Joelle N. Simpson, Shyam M. Sivasankar, Daniel Slubowski, Annalise Sorrentino, Michael J. Stoner, Carmen Sulton, Jonathan H. Valente, Samreen Vora, Jessica Wall, Dina Wallin, Theresa A. Walls, Muhammad Waseem, Dale Woolridge, Cam Brandt, Krisi M. Kult, Justin J. Milici, Nicholas A. Nelson, Michele A. Redlo, Maureen R. Curtis Cooper, Katherine Logee, Dixie Elizabeth Bryant, Kristen Cline
Abstract
Every year, millions of pediatric patients seek emergency care. Significant barriers limit access to optimal emergency services for large numbers of children. The American Academy of Pediatrics, American College of Emergency Physicians, and Emergency Nurses Association have a strong commitment to identifying these barriers, working to overcome them, and encouraging, through education and system changes, improved access to emergency care for all children.