Critical Care

Pediatric Intensive Care Unit provides the highest level of care to critically ill or injured children of all ages.

Our division is family-centered and multidisciplinary in approach. Parents and providers from many clinical services are members of a team that provide efficient, cost-effective care, resulting in better clinical outcomes overall and greater success in treating patients.

The unit is staffed by pediatric intensivists, trainees and experienced pediatric nurses for patients 24 hours a day in six-bed unit with an estimated 600 admissions per year.

Clinical Services

Medical care

• Acute heart disease
• Acute respiratory failure and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS)
• Acute single/multiple organ dysfunction syndrome (MODS)
• Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA)
• Encephalitis and meningitis
• Increased intracranial pressure
• Inhalation injury
• Oncology emergencies
• Poisoning and ingestion
• Severe sepsis and septic shock
• Sickle cell crisis
• Status Asthmaticus
• Status Epilepticus

Surgical Care

• Level I Trauma service (ages 14 and up)
• Pediatric Surgery
• Pediatric Neurosurgery service
• Pediatric Otolaryngology, ear, nose and throat service
• Plastic surgery and Craniofacial disorders
• Vascular surgery service

Special services and featured programs

• Conventional/high frequency ventilation
• Family-oriented psychosocial support
• Family visitation
• Flolan therapy for pulmonary hypertension
• Heliox
• Inpatient consultation
• Nitric oxide
• Palliative Care Consultation
• Pediatric Behavioral service
• Procedural sedation (inpatient and outpatient) service
• State-of-the-art invasive hemodynamic monitoring
• Telephone consultation (always available)