Introduction: To improve the quality of care in Pediatric Emergency Services (SEP) it is essential to carry out measurements and surveys.  Purpose: Describe the resources and operation of the SEPs of public hospitals in Latin America.  Methods: Descriptive, quantitative and retrospective study. Survey conducted in SEP of Latin American hospitals with public funding and with PICU (2019). Data processed by REDcap and InfoStat programs. Continuous variables are presented as medians and ranges; categorical variables as percentages; productivity / resource ratios as a ratio. Univariate analysis was performed.  Results: Of 371 services in 17 countries, 107 (28.8%) answered the survey; 102 (95.3%) have an observation area and 42 (39.3%) have isolation rooms. The medians of annual visits / observation bed and daily visits / clinic were 4830.6 and 24.4, respecti...