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Research

The EMSC Program is dedicated to collaborating with federal partners to support EMSC research infrastructure and improve the quality and quantity of EMSC research.

Join the EMSC Research Listserv!
The EMSC National Resource Center (NRC) runs two pediatric research-related listservs: the EMSC Research Listserv and the PECARN Listserv. For more information or to join either or both listservs, access the “Join the EMSC Listservs!” (not a U.S. Government Web site) page on the NRC website.

Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network (PECARN)
The goal of the Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network (not a U.S. Government Web site) is to conduct meaningful and rigorous multi-institutional research into the prevention and management of acute illnesses and injuries in children and youth across the continuum of emergency medicine health care. The PECARN is comprised of 4 Regional Node Centers (RNC). Each RNC has from 4 to 8 Hospital Emergency Department Affiliates (HEDAs). The other component of the PECARN is the Central Data Management and Coordinating Center (CDMCC) (not a U.S. Government Web site), a cooperative agreement awarded to the University of Utah in 2002.

EMSC Research Program Announcement
This multi-agency research announcement, PA-07-269, is designed to improve the quality and quantity of research related to emergency medical services for children, with the goal of reducing morbidity and mortality in children through improved care delivery.

This funding opportunity invites the submission of applications dealing with the following areas of research included under the term EMSC: prevention research to reduce the need for emergency care; clinical research to ensure that children receive high-quality and appropriate medical, nursing, and mental health care in an emergency; health systems research, from prehospital care, to the emergency department, to in-patient care and return to the community; cost-effectiveness analyses; and methodological studies to improve the quality of research conducted.

Interagency Committee on EMSC Research (ICER)
The ICER is a federal collaborative effort begun in the mid-1990’s to improve the quality and quantity of EMSC research. Participating agencies currently include:

• Agency for Health Research and Quality (AHRQ)
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
  • National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC)
  • National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS)
• Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
• Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
  • MCHB/EMSC Program
  • MCHB Research Program
  • Office of Rural Health Policy
• National Institutes of Health (NIH)
  • National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLB)
  • National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
  • National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease (NIAID)
  • National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
  • National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB)
  • National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
  • National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)
  • National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
  • National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Strokes (NINDS)
  • National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR)
• National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP)
• Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
• Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR)

Organizations with EMS/EMSC Research Interest

• Center for Pediatric Emergency Medicine (CPEM) is at New York University Medical Center and Bellevue Hospital Center in New York City to improve emergency medical services for children in the United States through education, research, and systems development (not a U.S. Government Web site).

• Emergency Nurses Association (ENA) has research resources available, and an annual scientific assembly. (not a U.S. Government Web site)

• National Association of EMS Physicians (NAEMSP) has research resources available, including powerpoint presentations from the nationally-renowned faculty of a January 2005 pediatric prehospital research workshop. (not a U.S. Government Web site)

• Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) is an annual research meeting which brings together the Ambulatory Pediatrics Association, American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Pediatric Society, and the Society for Pediatric Research. (not a U.S. Government Web site)

• Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM) An excellent resource for researchers in emergency medicine, including tips on scientific grant writing. Publishes the journal Academic Emergency Medicine. (not a U.S. Government Web site)

• National Adolescent Health Information Center MCHB-funded national resource for adolescent health information and research. (not a U.S. Government Web site)

• National Association of Health Data Organizations Home Page NAHDO addresses the development and improvement of health systems informatics. They provide information about ambulatory and hospital discharge data sets as well as a database of annotated links to over 200 online health-related data sets. (not a U.S. Government Web site)

Research Agendas with EMS/EMSC Interest

• The National EMS Research Agenda was commissioned by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the Maternal and Child Health Bureau and published in 2001. Developed over 3 years by national representatives as a follow-up to NHTSA’s National EMS Agenda for the Future, this Research Agenda provides a template for EMS and EMSC researchers interested in studying prehospital care. The National EMS Research Strategic Plan was published in 2005. For this article and more information on related national EMS research initiatives, visit www.researchagenda.org (not a U.S. Government Web site).

• The Acute Injury Care Research Agenda was developed by the CDC’s National Center for Injury Prevention and Control. The revised Agenda was released in May 2005. The focus of this research agenda is improving acute injury care systems and the care received by individuals of all ages, encompassing pre-hospital care through EMS, ED assessment, treatment, stabilization and in-hospital care.