Pediatric Emergency Medicine Clinical Privileges

Pediatric emergency medicine is a medical subspecialty that focuses on the diagnosis and treatment of acute illnesses and injuries of patients under the age of 18 within the confines of the emergency department setting. These physicians provide rapid evaluations with simultaneous stabilization of any life-threatening situation. They also must be able to proceed with lifesaving interventions before arriving at a definitive diagnosis.

Core privileges are those procedures or privileges that any well-trained practitioner within a particular specialty or subspecialty should be competent to perform upon completion of postgraduate training. The following form can be used by a physician to request core privileges in pediatric emergency medicine.