@article{af8fb01326994e63b82fe72d437ae2d2,
title = "Twenty years of emergency medical services for children - A cause for celebration and a call for action",
author = "Steven Krug and Nathan Kuppermann",
note = "Funding Information: Although sufficient numbers of children suffering from some common pediatric illnesses or injuries may be available for scientific study at a single large pediatric center, many other important and potentially debilitating acute pediatric illnesses and injuries are too infrequent to be adequately studied without the participation of multiple centers. The infrastructure of the Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network (PECARN) was created and funded by the EMSC Program in 2001 ( http://www.pecarn.org ). This research network is a vitally important venue where multi-center collaborative research regarding the care of acutely ill and injured children has begun [4] . PECARN has experienced substantial growth, having just completed its third year; the network already has competed successfully for 6 federally funded research projects and has completed its first large-scale epidemiological research project. Without the infrastructure support of the EMSC Program, PECARN would not exist. Ongoing funding for this network is critical to ensure that we gather the best evidence on which to base the treatment of critical illnesses and injuries in children. ",
year = "2005",
month = mar,
doi = "10.1016/j.cpem.2005.03.002",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "6",
pages = "62--65",
journal = "Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine",
issn = "1522-8401",
publisher = "W.B. Saunders Ltd",
number = "1",
}