Measuring Pediatric Disaster Readiness of United States Emergency Departments.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The state of pediatric disaster readiness of United States emergency departments is largely unknown. Using the questions from the National Pediatric Readiness Project (NPRP) 2021 assessment, we sought to define the domains important for a hospital's disaster response for children, develop a consensus-based pediatric weighted disaster readiness score (WDRS), measure the state of pediatric disaster readiness, and identify gaps in disaster planning.

Methods

The 2021 NPRP assessment identified 8 domains of disaster readiness. Using an iterative consensus-based approach, we determined weighting for each of these disaster domains. We calculated a normalized pediatric WDRS for all hospitals that participated in the NPRP assessment (range, 0-100 points).

Results

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SUBMITTER: Chung S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12809032 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature