NH Emergency Medical Services for Children Program (NH EMSC)

The mission of the New Hampshire Emergency Medical Services for Children Program (NH EMSC) is to improve pediatric emergency care for children through education, system development, and research. The NH EMSC is part of the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth in the Department of Community and Family Medicine in Hanover, New Hampshire.

Children have unique physiological, emotional, and developmental characteristics that require specialized emergency care. Pediatric Readiness is ensuring that every EMS/fire-rescue agency and emergency department has the pediatric champions, competencies, policies, equipment, and other resources needed to provide high-quality emergency care for children.