Out-of-hospital readiness in pediatric emergency medical service agencies in the US is modest; gaps remain in family-centered care, quality improvement, and coordination of care.

While the majority of emergency medical services (EMS) and fire-rescue agencies provide emergency care to children, pediatric calls are rare. In fact, because many agencies see fewer than eight ...

A medical innovation company recently launched a study funded by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to assess how effective virtual reality (VR) is in the training of EMS ...