For questions, contact:
Evaline Alessandrini, MD – Content Advisor
Sally Jo Zuspan – Technical Assistance
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Miscellaneous
Definition of Terms
- DCC: Data Coordinating Center: the data coordinating center for PECARN
- EIIC: EMSC Innovation and Improvement and Improvement Center
- MCHB: Maternal and Child Health Bureau
- HRSA: Health Resources and Services Administration
- HEDA: Hospital Emergency Department Affiliate: a hospital participating in the PECARN research network
- NDDP: Network Development Demonstration Project: a previous name for the PECARN network
- PECARN: Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network: the multi-institutional research network for pediatric emergency medicine
- PECARN GLEMSCRN: Great Lakes EMSC Research Network: the RNC based out of the University of Michigan
- PECARN HOMERUN: Hospitals of the Midwest Emergency Research Node: the RNC based out of the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
- PECARN PEM-NEWS: Pediatric Emergency Medicine Northeast, West and South: the RNC based out of Columbia University – Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital of New York – Presbyterian
- PECARN SPARC: San Francisco-Oakland, Providence, Atlanta Research Collaborative: the RNC based out of Hasbro Children’s Hospital.
- PECARN PRIME: Pediatric Research in Injuries and Medical Emergencies Node: the RNC based out of University of California, Davis
- PECARN WPEMR: West/SW Pediatric Emergency Medicine Research Node based out of Seattle Children’s Hospital
- RNC: Research Node Centers: the six organizational nodes that oversee the HEDAs
Helpful Links
- CDC National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS)
- Collaborative Pediatric Critical Care Research Network (CPCCRN)
- CPCCRN Public Use Data Sets
- Emergency Medical Services for Children Innovation and Improvement Center (EMSC IIC)
- EMSC IIC Toolboxes (EMSC IIC)
- Great Lakes Website
- Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
- National EMS Information System (NEMSIS)
- National EMSC Data Analysis Resource Center (NEDARC)
- PECARN eRoom (members only)
- The Pediatric Trauma Society
- PECARN Policies
- PECARN Logic Model