The Little Program That Could: Saving Emergency Medical Services for Children

Cynthia Pellegrini; Steven E. Krug; Joseph L. Wright

doi:10.1016/j.cpem.2017.05.006

The Little Program That Could: Saving Emergency Medical Services for Children

Cynthia Pellegrini^*, Steven E. Krug, Joseph L. Wright

^*Corresponding author for this work

Pediatrics

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Abstract

The experience of the federal Emergency Medical Services for Children program over the past 30 years illustrates many of the challenges facing those who advocate for programs that serve special populations or targeted purposes. Even programs that are well run and successful may find themselves targeted for budget cuts or elimination if they do not have committed champions, a readily identifiable constituency, and a range of resources at their disposal. The long campaign to preserve the Emergency Medical Services for Children program has yielded valuable lessons for advocates working at any level of government.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	149-155
Number of pages	7
Journal	Clinical pediatric emergency medicine
Volume	18
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpem.2017.05.006
State	Published - Jun 2017

Keywords

advocacy
children
emergency care
emergency medical services
trauma

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health
Emergency Medicine

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