ST. LOUIS (AP) - A new St. Louis-area program is meant to train first responders to care for the unique, challenging conditions of a growing number of special-needs children.
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports (https://bit.ly/1GYEOjQ) that the program was co-founded last summer by Shelby Cox. She’s a part-time paramedic who also serves as a liaison for St. Louis’ Cardinal Glenn Children’s Medical Center.
A 2011 report by the American Academy of Pediatrics says that over the past half century, the number of children living with disabilities has tripled. That’s largely because health care advances have helped children survive with conditions that used to mean death.
The newspaper reports that about one of every seven children younger than 18 in the U.S. can be classified as having special health care needs.
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Information from: St. Louis Post-Dispatch, https://www.stltoday.com
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