Pediatric Disaster Care Centers of Excellence Program Cooperative Agreement

<p>The purpose of this NOFO is to fund four PEDs COEs to:</p><ul><li>Develop a coordinated pediatric disaster care capability for pediatric patient care in disasters.</li><li>Strengthen pediatric disaster preparedness plans and health care system coordination related to pediatric medical surge in disasters.</li><li>Enhance statewide and regional medical surge capacity for pediatric patients.</li><li>Increase and maintain health care professional competency through the development and delivery of a standardized training program.</li><li>Enhance situational awareness of pediatric disaster care capabilities and capacity and assess regional pediatric readiness.</li></ul><p>Specific focus will be given to the management of pediatric care related to trauma, infectious diseases including</p>