Pediatric Care
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Managing unusual abdominal injuries, including intussusception, Hirschsprung disease and appendicitis
Maryland physician describes the current pediatric bed crisis as 鈥渇ar worse than the worst days of the adult critical care bed crunch during COVID鈥�
A surge of viral infections is increasing pediatric hospitalizations and transports
The Sandtown Middle School students were taken to the hospital after feeling 鈥渘auseated and disoriented,鈥� officials said
The newborn, believed to be between one and three days old, was rescued in a four-hour operation
Air Methods flight nurse Michelle Humphrey and paramedic Mark Hopping praised Emma, 9, and Josh, 7, for keeping their cool and responding quickly when it counted
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Lafayette dispatcher Antonia Bundy helped the boy with fractions after he said he had a 鈥渞eally bad day鈥� because he had 鈥渢ons of homework鈥�
Under the Handle with Care program, EMS providers or police can alert the school system when a child witnesses a traumatic event
Pasco Fire Department PIO Ben Shearer said he hopes to eventually see a 鈥楽top the Bleed鈥� kit in every classroom, as well as in public places in the community
Officers Austin Battcher, Ben Norris and Jesse Bratcher gave 6-week-old Avery CPR after her parents called 911
The responders threw the boy a rescue disc on a rope, which was used to pull him to the surface of the icy pond and hoist him onto dry land
Christopher Hartley was arrested on a child-neglect charge after an 11-month-old ingested his heroin and Xanax pills
Officials urged parents to teach children not to play with disconnected phones after dispatchers received more than 30 calls in 30 minutes
The new curriculum, which will be rolled out in 2020, requires all children to learn how to administer CPR, why defibrillators are used and other skills
Nearly 50,000 drug-exposed infants have been born in California since 2000
The close call occurred on Christmas Day when a mother said her child walked into the family pool after slipping out of the back door
NYPD Officers Wendell Dias and Crystal Barbosa were patrolling just a few blocks away when the call came in about a 9-month-old girl who was choking
Firefighters, EMS providers and police officers surprised the Pierro family with gifts and well wishes a month after 6-year-old Kierra underwent cardiac arrest
Counseling provides a welcoming space for children to discuss worries and share experiences unique to being in a first responder family
Xavier, 7, received a new bike as a reward for when he called 911 and calmly reported his mother was 鈥渙n the floor unresponsive鈥�
Anastasia and Daniel Skinner named their baby after Mickey Huber, who responded to Anastasia鈥檚 call when she went into labor while trying to rescue her mom鈥檚 pets
After a crash left their mother dead and their father and sister hospitalized, five kids were given a Christmas surprise by the St. Louis Fire Department
Police said Jonathon Zicarelli entered the Greenwood Police Department and told authorities that he鈥檇 killed his 6-month-old daughter by leaving her in a pond
The license will grant Children鈥檚 Minnesota the ability to operate a new quad-cab ambulance for transporting patients between hospitals across Minnesota
Officials said Joshua Patterson, 21, found the 15-year-old patient on Snapchat and sent her sexually explicit photos of himself
A couple with a drug-use history have been charged in the death of their 10-month-old child, who authorities said died after ingesting a derivative of fentanyl
A panel of speakers shared their stories with middle and high school students about life-and-death reality of opioid addiction
Paramedic Alex Villanueva and his team reunited with Krystal Daniels when she arrived at the Springfield Township Fire Department to thank them for helping her in 2015
Officer Gregory Palomo responded to a call about a woman screaming for help and found that she had just given birth to a newborn who wasn鈥檛 breathing
During National Adoption Month, AMR reminded the public that its Florida stations and ambulances will receive unharmed newborns
Kevin DeAngelo and Marcia Sher-Kalter said their CPR first aid certification and lifeguard training helped them respond quickly
Splendora ISD Police Chief Rex Evans was on routine patrol, driving from school to school when a panicked family flagged him down at a traffic light
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