Pediatric Emergency Medicine

The Pediatric Emergency Medicine Interest Group aims to enhance pediatric emergency care by advancing science and education. Its mission focuses on improving care through training, education, and fostering collaboration between general and pediatric emergency medicine (PEM) specialists.

PEM Goals include:

• Encourage pediatric-specific submissions for SAEM annual meeting by the PEM interest group members and the PEM community-at-large.
• Generate nominations for the research and teaching awards in PEM for SAEM annual meeting.
• Create a research and/or teaching award for mid-career faculty.

Resources

• Rees CA, Brousseau DC, Ahmad FA, et al. Intranasal Fentanyl and Discharge From the Emergency Department Among Children with Sickle Cell Disease and Vaso-Occlusive Pain: A Multicenter Pediatric Emergency Medicine Perspective. Am J. Hematol. 
• Walsh PS, Dupont AS, Lipshaw MJ, Visotcky A, Thomas DG. Cannabis Legalization and Resource Use for Ingestions by Young Children. Pediatrics.
• Runkle AP, Feliu M, Lo CB, Way DP, Mitzman J. Square Pegs in Round Holes: How do Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellowship Program Directors Fit Graduates of Emergency Medicine Residencies into their Programs?. AEM Educ Train. 2024 Dec 19.
• Maloney LM, McKissic DA, Anderson IM, et al. Perspectives on Simulation-Based Pediatric Critical Care Transport Team Education: Qualitative Analysis of Interviews with Transport Program Leaders in the ImPACTS Transport Simulation Study. Air Medical Journal. 2025 Feb.
• Strokes N, Sapp R, Carroll M, et al. Words Matter: Destigmatizing the Language of Medicine Through Research, Training, and Future Directions for Emergency Medicine. AEM Educ Train. 2025 Apr 29.
• Wong K, Sule H. 100 Enhancing Pediatric Emergency Medicine Training: Reframing Morning Report with Simulation. Annals of Emer Med. 2025 Sep.
• McDougall K, McDougall B, Pulcini CD. The Impact of Emergency Care Planning for Children with Medical Complexity: Nora's Story. Pediatrics. 2025 Nov.
• Pulcini CD, Broder-Fingert S, Callas P, et al. Human-Centered Design to Create an Emergency Care Action Plan for Children with Medical Complexity. Pediatrics. 2025 Mar.

Support Our Members at SAEM26

Pediatric EM interest group members are hosting several events at this year's annual meeting in Atlanta. Check out these events and add them to your calendar!

Tuesday, May 19

• Pediatric Interest Group meeting (8:00 AM - 8:50 AM)
• Identifying Trends in ED Diagnoses Prior to Identification of Human Trafficking in Pediatric Patients (12:00 PM - 12:50 PM)
• Leaning Into the Gray: Navigating Uncertainty in Pediatric Emergency Care (1:00 PM - 1:50 PM)
• Permission to Feel: Normalizing the Return-to-Work Struggle (1:00 PM - 1:50 PM)
• Inclusion as Intervention: How Embracing Disability Builds a Culture of Well-Being in Emergency Medicine (4:00 PM - 4:50 PM)

Wednesday, May 20

• Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Applying Ethical Frameworks to Immigration-Related Stressors in the Emergency Department (11:00 AM - 11:50 AM)
• Speed Mentoring for Medical Educators (11:00 AM - 11:50 AM)
• PECARN’s 25th Anniversary Session (1:00 PM - 1:50 PM) 
• How to Build and Grow a Program of Research in Academic Emergency Medicine (2:00 PM - 2:50 PM)
• Pediatrics Lightning Oral Abstracts (2:00 PM - 3:50 PM)
• Generative Artificial Intelligence using Ambient AI Technology to Deliver Feedback (3:15 PM - 4:50 PM)
• Pediatrics Lightning Oral Abstracts (4:00 PM - 4:50 PM)

Thursday, May 21

• Determinants of Organ Procurement in Pediatric Traumatic Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest (8:00 AM - 8:50 AM)
• These Studies Will Change Your Practice (and Teaching): PEM Edition (9:00 AM - 9:50 AM)
• Knowledge and Acceptance of HPV Vaccination in the Pediatric ED (9:00 AM - 9:50 AM)
• So You've Been Asked to 'Run' a Simulation Program: Let the Experts Guide You (11:00 AM - 11:50 AM)
• What to Do When Immigration and Customs Enforcement Is at Your Door: Navigating Bedside Interactions and Policy (12:00 - 12:50 PM)