title: Emergency medical services for children.
abstract: Emergency medical services for children require the integration of many community resources to operate optimally. In both urban and rural areas, the abilities of the receiving hospitals and medical staffs must be defined to develop a system that considers severity of injury and illness as well as transport times.
authors.affiliation: Division of General and Emergency Pediatrics, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, USA.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Seidel
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003625:Data Collection; D004631:Emergency Medical Service Communication Systems / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D004632:Emergency Medical Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006801:Humans; D010372:Pediatrics / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014481:United States