Emergency Medicine

PediDOSE: Pediatric Dose Optimization for Seizures in Emergency Medical Services Study

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Background

OHSU is part of 20 urban locations across the country participating in the research study called PediDOSE. Seizures are one of the most common reasons why people call 9-1-1 for children and can be life-threatening if they do not stop on their own or are stopped by medication. The purpose of this study is to simplify how paramedics give medication to seizing children to stop the seizure and to decrease the number of children still seizing when they arrive at the emergency department.

For more information, visit the study’s website, https://www.texaschildrens.org/research/areas-research/neurology/pedidose-study

Learn more about this national study on pediatric seizure medicine dosing by EMS by watching this short video.