Helping the helpers to help children: advances by the American Academy of Pediatrics.

About the lead author (Dr Krug): I am a professor of pediatrics at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and head the division of emergency medicine at Children’s Memorial Hospital in Chicago, Illinois. I currently serve as the chairperson for the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Disaster Preparedness Advisory Council and am past-chair for both the AAP Committee on Pediatric Emergency Medicine and Section on Pediatric Emergency Medicine. I am a member of the advisory board for the National EMSC Data Analysis Resource Center and have been an active participant within the Emergency Medical Services for Children program at both state and national levels. I am the editor-in-chief for Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine.My areas of interest include emergencymedical services for children, disaster preparedness, patient safety and care quality, clinical outcomes of emergency care, medical education, trauma systems, access to health care and the economics of health care delivery.