Illinois
Contact: Scott Allen, Chapter Executive Director
E-mail:
sallen@illinoisaap.com
The Illinois AAP Chapter was very involved in developing the Illinois state bioterrorism guidelines, and representatives made sure that pediatric-specific information was included. Within these guidelines, pediatric information is italicized and is also marked with the Emergency Medical Services for Children logo (a teddy bear). For the full set of guidelines and other key resources, see:
http://www.idph.state.il.us/Bioterrorism/otherlinks.htm.
Indiana
Contact: Greg Wilson, MD, FAAP
E-mail:
gwilson1@iupui.edu
Specific disaster preparedness plans are still under consideration.
Michigan
Contact: Marie Lozon, MD, FAAP
E-mail:
mlozon@med.umich.edu
In Michigan, pediatric preparedness efforts are carried out by various regions within the state. Regional contacts serve as a liaison between their region, the state Office of Public Health Preparedness, and local hospital representatives as well as pre-hospital and emergency management agencies. For example, Region 2 South includes 2 of the state's large academic health systems, namely the University of Michigan Health System and the Detroit Medical Center. Both systems have pediatric hospitals, training programs, and specialist groups who that serve as stakeholders in preparedness efforts as they pertain to the pediatric population.
Michigan AAP Chapter members have participated in several conferences over the past few years. Regions 2 and 5 joined forces to present a multidisciplinary Pediatric Disaster Conference aimed at medical providers and pre-hospital and emergency management personnel. A follow-up conference is being organized, and the plan is to involve more regional partners to reach a larger audience, including more primary care clinicians. Academy members also attended the Great Lakes Homeland Security Conference in Grand Rapids, where pediatric triage and decontamination practices were shared with pre-hospital and emergency providers.
Minnesota
Contact: Lee Pyles, MD, FAAP
E-mail:
pyles001@umn.edu
The Minnesota AAP Chapter (MN-AAP) continues to participate in the Minnesota Emergency Medical Services for Children Advisory Committee. Chapter member Lee Pyles, MD, FAAP has developed a Web site that includes a system with AAP Emergency Information Forms (EIF) that can be used to provide a medical summary for a child with special health care needs. Staff who are working on a Region IV genetics project supported by the Material and Child Health Bureau are enrolling children with inborn errors of metabolism into this Web-based system.
Ohio
Contact: Michael Anderson, MD, FAAP
E-mail:
Michael.Anderson@UHhospitals.org
The Ohio AAP Chapter works in partnership with the Pediatric Disaster Preparedness Committee (PDPC). The members are Bill Cotton, MD, FAAP (Chapter President), Joe Stack (Ohio EMSC coordinator, EMS Homeland Security Committee mostly as an observer) and Ginny Haller (Ohio Department of Health). They are currently looking for the most important issues to include in the EMA disaster plans.
Michael Anderson, MD, FAAP, is the point person on a project known as PST-Ohio (
Pediatric Specialty Team- Ohio). He is currently looking for funding for this project, and he is hoping this project can be enhanced using resources at the various children's hospitals. Dr Anderson was appointed by the White House to serve on the National Commission on Children and Disasters. See additional information
here.
Wisconsin
Contact: Kenneth Yen, MD, MS, FAAP
E-mail:
kyen@mcw.edu
Specific disaster preparedness initiatives are still under consideration.
