Committees Safe Transport of Children Overview The Safe Transport of Children (STC) Ad Hoc Committee was created for the purpose of examining current resources and pursuing research to develop specific and practical recommendations and promising practices for safely transporting children in ground ambulances. About Goals To recommend the criteria or specifications for proper restraint of children in ambulances. Such criteria will be evidence-based and will consider safety of both patients and providers. To have the recommended criteria adopted by one or more accredited standard setting organizations. To develop a strategy and resources for educating EMS providers on safely transporting children in ground ambulances based on the recommended criteria or standards. Meeting schedule The Safe Transport of Children Ad Hoc Committee generally meets the 4th Thursday, even-numbered months, at 1:30 PM Eastern, except when conflicting with a holiday or when meeting in conjunction with the NASEMSO Annual Meeting. The meeting schedule for 2019 is as follows: 2019 Meeting Schedule January 3 ( December 27 , 2018 meeting rescheduled) February 28 April 25 May 15 (NASEMSO Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, Utah) June 27 August 22 October 24 Documents & Resources TitleDateTypesCategoriesdocument_type_hfilterdocument_group_hfilter Officers & Members Chair Eric Hicken,CPM, EMT-P EMSC Program Manager Office of EMS NJ Department of Health eric.hicken@doh.nj.gov Vice Chair Katherine R. Schafer Program Manager New Mexico EMS for Children and Child Ready Programs KSchafer@salud.unm.edu Pediatric Emergency Care Council Michelle Bailey (FL) Tracy Cleary (KS) Rachael Ford (OR) Katherine Hert (AL) Eric Hicken (NJ) Brandon Kelley (WY) Kjelsey Polzin (MN) Angie Poorman (PA) Katherine Schafer (NM) Cyndy Wright-Johnson (MD) Agency & Vehicle Licensure (AVL) Committee Paul Phillips (Kentucky) State Directors Steve McCoy (FL) Other Katrina Altenhofen, National EMS for Children Innovation and Improvement Center Marilyn Bull (Riley Hospital for Children at IU) Stephanie Busch (National EMSC Data Analysis Resource Center) Jacob Cartner, Engineering Manager, Ferno Mary Chiesa, Saplacor Tom Downey, Emergency Vehicle Seating (EVS) Amy Haughn, AAMS Children Special Interest Group (KIDS SIG) Bill Horn (Calspan) Chris Jessup (IMMI) Mike Kulig (Calspan) Teresa Merk, AAMS Critical Care Ground Special Interest Group (CCG SIG) Rich Perl, President, Quantum EMS Elena Sierra, AAMS Membership Manager Tim Wells, Director of Product Management, Ferno Federal Partners Dave Bryson (NHTSA) John McDonald (GSA) Theresa Morrison-Quinata (HRSA) James Green (NIOSH) Alexander “Sandy” Sinclair (NHTSA) For More Information Mary Hedges, MPA NASEMSO Program Manager hedges@nasemso.org
