Emergency Medical Services for Children

Sample PECC Activities

Some of the roles that the individual who coordinates pediatric emergency care might oversee at an EMS agency include:

• Ensuring that the pediatric perspective is included in the development of EMS protocols.
• Ensuring that fellow providers follow pediatric clinical practice guidelines.
• Promoting pediatric continuing-education opportunities.
• Overseeing pediatric-process improvement.
• Ensuring the availability of pediatric medications, equipment, and supplies.
• Promoting agency participation in pediatric-prevention programs.
• Promoting agency participation in pediatric-research efforts.
• Liaises with the emergency department pediatric emergency care coordinator.
• Promoting family-centered care at the agency.

The Pediatric Emergency Care Coordinator (PECC) should be a member of the EMS agency and be familiar with the day-to-day operations and needs at the agency. However, some EMS agencies may use a variety of models to coordinate pediatric emergency care at the county or regional levels. If there is a designated individual who coordinates pediatric activities for a county or region, that individual could serve as the PECC for one or more individual EMS agencies within the county or region.

• Can be provider, educator, or leader
• Should have interest in pediatrics and desire for improvement
• Can be shared between agencies (hospital EMS coordinator, EMS medical director)
• Should interact directly with staff at agency (QI, education, protocol development/training)
• Should include outreach to hospitals and other agencies