Kiwanis Cal-Nev-Ha Foundation PTP and Our Partner Hospitals

KiwanisCal-Nev-Ha Foundation

PTP and OurPartner Hospitals


Pediatric Trauma . . .

. . . Our Major Focus


Its Beginning . . .

Recognizing the serious need for education and training in the areas of

pediatric trauma and injury prevention, the Kiwanis Cal-Nev-Ha Foundation established the Pediatric

Trauma Program in 1994.


Our Mission . . .

"To develop local projects, which will

reduce the number of children in our

district who are killed or injured by

trauma."


Why Pediatric Trauma?


Why PTP?

• Unintentional injury remains the #1 killer of children age 14 and under in the U.S.

• Unintentional injury kills more kids every year than any other cause – including disease, homicide and suicide!


Why PTP?

• These injuries cost society $157 billion1 annually!

• 90% of these injuries could be prevented!

1 Includes direct medical costs, future earnings lost and lost quality of life


The Partner Hospital Program

The Foundation’s partnership with six children’s hospitals connects the Kiwanis

family to the issue of Pediatric Trauma


Working Together . . .

Photo Courtesy of Kapi´olani Medical Center

Providing First Responder Training

APLS, PEPP, PALS, ENPC and BTLS



Purchasing Pediatric Medical

Equipment



Expanding Community

Outreach Programs


Children’s Hospital Oakland

• Child safety seats, specialty seats and bike helmets

• Multi-lingual safety booklet

• Special Needs Starter Kit, DVD and booklet (booklet available in 2 languages)

• Injury Prevention CD

Currently available in 7 languages!


Rady Children’s Hospital

• Mobile child safety store

• Modeled after program at Johns Hopkins

• Collaborative effort between Rady Children’s Hospital and EPIC Medics of San Diego County

“Prescriptions” issued to parents to

be filled at the safety store


Local Clubs Collaborating with a Partner Hospital . . .

• The Kiwanis Clubs of Alameda, Berkeley and Oakland sponsor an annual Miracle Mile Of Quarters (MMQ) event to support Children’s Hospital & Research Center Oakland

• Event held in conjunction with a local Art & Wine Festival


• The Kiwanis Clubs of “Division 100” annually sponsor a MMQ event and golf tournament

• Partnership between “Division 100” clubs and the hospital dates back to 1924!

Local Clubs Collaborating with a Partner Hospital . . .


“But Your Partner Hospitals aren’t located in my Community.”

• Nearly 2% of admissions to Central California Children’s Hospital were out of the area, including out of state

• 4% of admissions to Renown (Reno, NV) were from California

• Oakland Children’s Hospital treated children from 56 of the 58 counties in California, as well as 5 children from Hawaii and 804 children from Nevada

Fiscal Year 2006-2007 Trauma Admissions

Maybe not, but your community IS being served by a partner hospital . . .


Kiwanis Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellowship Program

“The Kiwanis Doctor”


The Kiwanis Doctor Program

A partnership between the Kiwanis Cal-Nev-Ha Foundation and Loma Linda University Children’s Hospital


Our Kiwanis Doctors

Dr. Andrea Thorp

Dr. Tim Young


What is PediatricEmergency Medicine?

• Developed in 1992

• 1,446 PEM physicians (as of 2008)

• One qualified PEM physician for every 22,000 children visiting the ER!


PEM Physicians . . .

• Specialize in the care of acutely ill or injured children and teens

• Treat a wide range of medical emergencies that require immediate attention and are often life threatening

• Meet the unique medical needs of children, including giving medications and using equipment in specific ways

• Diagnose problems in distressed, uncooperative children


Why is This Important?

• One third of the approximately 99 million ER visits each year is for a child

• Many not receiving appropriate or timely care due to the staff’s lack of pediatric training and experience


Why is This Important?

• Immediate access to quality pediatric emergency medical care is critical!

• “The Golden Hour”

• Babies and children are not “little people” - Their needs are vastly different than an adult’s need


The Foundation provides funding to train a physician in Pediatric

Emergency Medicine; approximately $100,000 a year!

How Does Kiwanis Fit In?


Then What?

• Our Kiwanis Doctor travels throughout the CNH District training other doctors, nurses and first responders

• Focus on outlying areas within the District; Yuba City Twentynine Palms


The Result

The long-term impact of this training will save countless children whose lives might

otherwise be lost.


Contact Information

Kiwanis Cal-Nev-Ha Foundation550 Fesler Street, Suite G-3, El Cajon, CA 92020-

1959

Jennifer Chaves,Pediatric Trauma Program Coordinator(510) 562-2885Email: [email protected]

Sarah Usher, Administrative Assistant(619) 749-7290, ext. 116 Toll Free: (877) 597-1770, ext. 116Email: [email protected]

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Kiwanis Cal-Nev-Ha Foundation PTP and Our Partner Hospitals