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"SPRING BREAK" at the Mini Symposium! Due to the overwhelmingly positive response to the Annual NAEMSE Symposium, the association decided to give the EMS Education community another chance to experience some of the phenomenal educational sessions that were offered last Fall by hosting a Mini-Symposium this Spring in Orlando, FL! SESSION INCLUDE: Teaching Kinesthetically, Doug Smith Live or Memorex? Synchronous vs. Asynchronous Online Courses, Doug Gadomski Teaching and Evaluating Professional Behavior, Michael Touchstone Lesson Plan Extreme Makeover, Heather Davis Program Director Do's and Dont's, Heather Davis One Minute Preceptor, John Todaro WHEN: April 1-2, 2011 WHERE: Omni Resort at Champions Gate Orlando, FL CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION AND REGISTRATION INSTRUCTOR COURSE UPCOMING COURSES: Baltimore, MD - February 28-March 2, 2011 Held in partnership with EMS Today Bloomington, IL - March 18-20, 2011 Held in partnership with McLean County Area EMS System Plainfield, NJ - April 8-10, 2011 Held in partnership with Union County College CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION EMSC NEWS Pediatric Issues in Disaster Management, Parts 1 and 2 Although children and infants are likely to be victims in a disaster and are more vulnerable in a disaster than adults, disaster planning and management has often overlooked the specific needs of pediatric patients. The American Journal of Disaster Medicine published a series of articles that discusses key components of disaster planning and management for pediatric patients. The first part of this three-part pediatric series addresses the emergency medical system from the field to the hospital and surge capacity including the impact of crowding. The second part addresses the appropriate set up and functioning of evacuation centers and family separation and reunification. The third part, which has yet to be published, deals with special pediatric populations: the special healthcare needs patient and mental health issues. Defining and Measuring Successful Emergency Care Networks: A Research Agenda The demands on emergency services have grown relentlessly, and the Institute of Medicine (IOM) has asserted the need for "regionalized, coordinated, and accountable emergency care systems throughout the country." There are large gaps in the evidence base needed to fix the problem of how emergency care is organized and delivered, and science is urgently needed to define and measure success in the emerging network of emergency care. In 2010, Academic Emergency Medicine convened the consensus conference "Beyond Regionalization: Integrated Networks of Emergency Care." This article is a product of the conference breakout session on "Defining and Measuring Successful Networks." It explores the concept of integrated emergency care delivery and prioritizes a research agenda for how to best define and measure successful networks of emergency care. CONTACT NAEMSE STAFF National Association of EMS Educators 250 Mt. Lebanon Blvd. Suite 209 Pittsburgh, PA 15234 Phone: (412) 343-4775 Fax: (412) 343-4770 Website: http://www.naemse.org/ Email: naemse@naemse.org