Paediatric Emergency Medicine

The Paediatric Emergency Medicine Section, formed in 1986, is a network for specialists, paediatricians and residents working together to improve and promote paediatric ER and crisis care in Canada and encourage information exchange and collaboration on a national level. Through the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), we are also involved in the Advanced Paediatric Life Support (APLS) program.

Our section collaborates actively with other leading paediatric emergency medicine groups in Canada to:

• Provide educational opportunities in acute care, such as CME events and conferences, for residents, paediatricians and subspecialists.
• Develop national guidelines and standards of care for acute care paediatrics.
• Provide a forum for discussion and communication among practitioners in paediatric emergency medicine.

Section fee: $29

Awards and grants

• Anna Jarvis Paediatric Emergency Medicine Teaching Award

Links and resources

• Top 10 Emergency Department Tips for Families, CAEP

• PREP E-Med

• Paediatric Resources – Burns, Drowning & Falling, CAEP

  • Avoiding burns in kids: 3 P’s to make your home a safer place

  • Drowning prevention

  • Preventing falls

  • Preventing injuries from household ingestions

National Ground Rounds

Recordings of past National Grand Rounds are available for CPS members and searchable by subspecialty/special interest.

Section Executive

President, April Kam
Vice President, Evelyne Doyon-Trottier
Past President, Laurel Chauvin-Kimoff
Secretary-Treasurer, Mathieu Blanchet
Member at Large,  Melissa Chan and Sim Grewal
Resident iaison, Christina Santamaria