Intensive Care

The pediatric intensive care multidisciplinary medical team cares for infants, children, and adolescents with acute and potentially life threatening medical and surgical conditions.

Our critical care staff physicians are certified by the American Board of Pediatrics and its sub-board of Pediatric Critical Care. A highly-trained and compassionate team of pediatric critical care nurses and respiratory therapists are integral team members who provide 24-hour bedside care of the seriously ill and injured child. Complementing the acute monitoring and care provided, social workers; physical, occupational, and speech therapists; clerical assistants; and volunteers further maximize the social, cognitive, developmental, and safety requirements of the acutely ill child. Pediatric clinical pharmacists provide ongoing support to maximize the safety and quality of care provided to the children.

The Pediatric Intensive Care Unit provides a specialized nurse/respiratory therapy transport team to bring children safely from referring hospitals to our intensive care environment.

Families can visit at any time and one parent can sleep in the child's room. A family lounge is available and arrangements can be made for local housing at the Ronald McDonald House as needed.

The Pediatric Intensive Care Unit has recently expanded to 19 private-room units and a 3 bed open area.

The Pediatric Intensive Care Unit is also responsible for the training of future pediatric critical care physicians in addition to providing exposure to pediatric critical care for future pediatric and emergency medicine physicians, nurses, and respiratory therapists. A Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Internet support system aims to bring the best available evidence to the bedside both for teaching and patient care.

The goal of the Pediatric Intensive Care unit is to provide a family-centered, compassionate atmosphere where the acutely ill infant, child, or adolescent can receive the best available medical and surgical care for life-threatening illnesses and injuries.