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 Vice Chair Katherine R. Schafer Program Manager New Mexico EMS for Children and Child Ready Programs Pediatric Emergency Care Council Rachael Ford (OR) Katherine Hert (AL) Eric Hicken (NJ) Brandon Kelley (WY) Kjelsey Polzin (MN) Angie Poorman (PA) Katherine Schafer (NM) Anna K. Sessa (NH) Morgan Skaggs (KY) Cyndy Wright-Johnson (MD) State Directors Dale Adkerson (OK) Steve McCoy (FL) Medical Directors Council Dr. Mickael Kaufmann (IN) Highway Incident and Transportation Systems (HITS) Committee David Harden (AZ) Other Katrina Altenhofen Dr. Marilyn Bull (Riley Hospital for Children at IU) Stephanie Busch (VT Dept. of Health) Jacob Cartner, Engineering Manager, Ferno Tom Downey, Emergency Vehicle Seating (EVS) Jonathon Gondek (Calspan) Amy Haughn, AAMS Children Special Interest Group (KIDS SIG) Chris Jessup (IMMI) Amit Kapoor (First Line Technology) Tim Karney (First Line Technology) Karter Kistler (EVS LTD) Mike Kulig (Calspan) Mark Roberts (Quantum EMS) Elena Sierra, AAMS Membership Manager Charles Vits (IMMI) Patrick Wilson (Quantum EMS) Stefanie Zucker (Pediatric Medical) 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
