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State Chairman: Elizabeth Davy
Project Goal
This Special Project will combine the strengths of the General and Junior clubs to accomplish one remarkable project - the now nationally known EMSC pediatric bags for ambulances project.
Clubs will work together, funding specialized bags that put critical pediatric emergency equipment and supplies in one place for Wisconsin's ambulances.
These "ped bags" will enable EMS (Emergency Medical Service providers) to respond to pediatric calls with organized, easily accessible, and properly sized equipment.
 Emergency Medical Services for ChildrenThe Emergency Medical Services for Children (EMSC) Program is a national initiative designed to reduce child and youth disability and death due to severe illness and injury. Medical personnel, parents and volunteers, community groups and businesses, and national organizations and foundations all contribute to the effort.
Children are NOT Small Adults 
"The physiologic, anatomic, developmental and emotional characteristics of children, and their unique health care needs, make it difficult for care providers to meet those needs optimally in adult-patient oriented...emergency medical services (EMS) systems. Effective emergency care for children requires specialized training and equipment. These important differences, and the continued presence of a significant gap in the delivery of emergency care in the pediatric population, are the rationale behind the federal EMSC program. Carol Berkowitz, MD, FAAP, President, to the Committee on Energy and Commerce explaining why EMSC must be kept and federally funded
Team with GFWC-WI EMSC 501c3 Fund-Contact Paula Schice for information
Progress Across the State
The blue highlighting represents the percentage of Pediatric Bags on ambulances in each county. Counties that are 100% complete are Calumet, Eau Claire, La Crosse, Lincoln, Marquette, Menominee, Oneida, Pepin, Polk, Portage, Rusk, Sawyer, Washburn, Waukesha, and Waushara!
As October 2009:
* 48% or 215 EMS departments have Ped Bags on all their ambulances.
* 14% or 65 EMS departments have at least one Ped Bag but need more.
* 37% or 166 EMS departments have not been worked with to date.
Click Here to See the Map
Contacts and Resources
* Mention GFWC-WI for EMP Pricing Discount
GFWC-WI EMSC District Contacts
Website Links
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GFWC-WI & WI-UM KIWANIS
Collaborate on the Emergency Medical Services for Children
Pediatric Bags for Ambulances Project
Click Here for information
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"This is a very important project. Despite advances in technology, it is rare that "equipment" changes make a real difference in patient care---most likely come through better education and "enforcement" (or protocols that are evidence-based). Here in this ALS (and BLS) bag, with ingenuity and a new perspective on the same equipment (just different sizes), this arrangement may actually make the difference in patient care. I'm sure it will reduce time spent in the field as well as stimulate better education and allow protocol adoption just by drawing attention to it.
"Thank you all for your commitment to pediatric preparedness."
Sincerely, Tom Brazelton, MD, MPH University of Wisconsin Children's Hospital and EMSC Wisconsin Advisory Board
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