Emergency departments in the highest quartile of pediatric readiness based on National Pediatric Readiness Project standards have lower death rates for children with serious injury or illness than EDs in the lowest quartile, according to a federal study reported last week in JAMA Network Open. The standards include specifications for physician and nurse certification, patient assessment, triage, medication administration, and trauma resuscitation and stabilization. 

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