Abstract

Emergency medical care for children has evolved immensely over the past 30 years. During this period, much has been accomplished to improve the quality of care delivered to injured children in the United States. In this article, we will highlight specific examples of how trauma care of children has changed and improved in recent decades. Beginning with the importance of injury prevention, the article will also discuss the specific management of traumatic brain injury, blast injury, and field triage of mass casualty situations before concluding with highlights of other changes and advances that have occurred.

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