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- Published online January 1, 2020.
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- Brian Moore, MD, FAAPa,
- Manish I. Shah, MD, MS, FAAPb,
- Sylvia Owusu-Ansah, MD, MPH, FAAPc,
- Toni Gross, MD, MPH, FAAPd,
- Kathleen Brown, MD, FAAPe,f,
- Marianne Gausche-Hill, MD, FACEP, FAAP, FAEMSg,
- Katherine Remick, MD, FACEP, FAAP, FAEMSh,i,j,
- Kathleen Adelgais, MD, MPH, FAAPk,
- John Lyng, MD, FAEMS, FACEP, NRPl,
- Lara Rappaport, MD, MPH, FAAPm,
- Sally Snow, RN, BSN, CPEN, FAENn,
- Cynthia Wright-Johnson, MSN, RNCo,
- Julie C. Leonard, MD, MPH, FAAPp,
- and the AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS COMMITTEE ON PEDIATRIC EMERGENCY MEDICINE AND SECTION ON EMERGENCY MEDICINE EMS SUBCOMMITTEE,
- AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES COMMITTEE,
- EMERGENCY NURSES ASSOCIATION PEDIATRIC COMMITTEE,
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES PHYSICIANS STANDARDS AND CLINICAL PRACTICE COMMITTEE,
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS EMERGENCY PEDIATRIC CARE COMMITTEE
- aDepartment of Emergency Medicine, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico;
- bSection of Emergency Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, Texas;
- cDivision of Emergency Medical Services, Department of Pediatrics and Emergency Department, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania;
- dDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Children’s HospitalNew Orleans and Louisiana State University Health New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana;
- eDepartments of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, The George Washington University, Washington, District of Columbia;
- fDivision of Emergency Medicine, Children’s National Medical Center, Washington, District of Columbia;
- gDepartments of Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles and Harbor–University of California, Los Angeles Medical Center, Los Angeles, California;
- hSan Marcos Hays County Emergency Medical Services, San Marcos, Texas;
- iAustin-Travis County Emergency Medical Services System, Austin, Texas;
- jDepartment of Pediatrics, Dell Medical School, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas;
- kDepartment of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of Colorado, Aurora, Colorado;
- lLevel I Adult Trauma Center and Level II Pediatric Trauma Center, North Memorial Health Hospital, Minneapolis, Minnesota;
- mDepartment of Pediatric Emergency Medicine and Urgent Care Center, Denver Health Medical Center, Denver, Colorado;
- nPediatric Emergency and Trauma Nursing, Fort Worth, Texas;
- oEmergency Medical Services for Children, Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems, Baltimore, Maryland; and
- pDivision of Emergency Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Nationwide Children’s Hospital and College of Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
Drs Moore and Shah were the 2 primary authors, but all of the listed authors contributed sections of the manuscript and reviewed and revised subsequent drafts; this was done in conjunction with the American Academy of Pediatrics staff and Board of Directors as well as the boards of directors of the American College of Emergency Physicians, the Emergency Nurses Association, the National Association of EMS Physicians, and the National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians; and all of these organizations have approved the final manuscript as submitted.