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HOSPITALS RECOGNIZED FOR THEIR CHILD EMERGENCY CARE CAPABILITIES

Since 1998, over 100 hospitals within Illinois (including two hospitals in Iowa) have received recognition by the Illinois Department of Public Health and the Emergency Medical Services for Children (EMSC) program for having the essential resources and capabilities in place to meet the emergency and critical care needs of seriously ill and injured children.

This program recognizes hospitals that enhance their emergency departments and pediatric departments to meet the unique needs of pediatric patients.

Children are not small adults. To provide the appropriate care for children requires special training, equipment and supplies. They cannot be cared for in emergency care systems initially developed for adult patients.

Hospitals can apply for one of three levels of voluntary recognition.  Facilities that have a pediatric intensive care unit and can provide specialty inpatient services for the pediatric patient can seek recognition as a Pediatric Critical Care Center (PCCC).  Hospitals that can provide comprehensive emergency services and meet pediatric emergency care requirements are recognized as an Emergency Department Approved for Pediatrics (EDAP).  The Standby Emergency Department for Pediatrics (SEDP) recognition is for hospitals that can provide stabilization measures and have transfer agreements in place when more definitive care is needed.  Note that those centers applying for the PCCC level must have attained EDAP status. 

Hospitals seeking one of these voluntary designations receive a site visit by the EMSC program staff to verify that the emergency department and pediatric department are capable of meeting the following key pediatric care standards based on the level being applied for:

  • Professionals specially trained in pediatric emergency and critical care;
  • Adequate staffing and provisions for pediatric consultation and backup;
  • Availability of essential pediatric equipment, supplies and medication;
  • Protocols for the treatment of critically ill and injured children, and protocols to assist in the transfer process;
  • Conduction of pediatric quality improvement activities.


Hospitals recognized to date include:

HOSPITAL

LEVEL OF
RECOGNITION

Adventist GlenOaks Hospital, Glendale Heights

EDAP

Adventist Hinsdale Hospital, Hinsdale EDAP
Adventist La Grange Memorial Hospital, LaGrange

EDAP

Advocate Christ Hospital Medical Center, Oak Lawn

EDAP and PCCC

Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital, Downers Grove

EDAP

Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital, Barrington

EDAP

Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, Chicago

EDAP

Advocate Lutheran General Hospital, Park Ridge

EDAP and PCCC

Alexian Brothers Medical Center, Elk Grove Village

EDAP

Alton Memorial Hospital, Alton

EDAP

Anderson Hospital, Maryville

EDAP

Blessing Hospital, Quincy EDAP

Bromenn Regional Medical Center, Normal

EDAP

Carle Foundation Hospital, Urbana EDAP

Centegra Memorial Medical Center, Woodstock

EDAP

Centegra Northern Illinois Medical Center, McHenry

EDAP

Central DuPage Hospital, Winfield

EDAP and PCCC

Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago

EDAP and PCCC

Community Hospital of Ottawa, Ottawa

EDAP

Community Memorial Hospital, Staunton

SEDP

Condell Medical Center, Libertyville

EDAP

Crawford Memorial Hospital, Robinson

SEDP

Crossroads Community Hospital, Mt. Vernon

SEDP

Delnor-Community Hospital, Geneva

EDAP

Edward Hospital, Naperville

EDAP and PCCC

Elmhurst Memorial Hospital, Elmhurst

EDAP

Evanston Hospital, Evanston

EDAP

Fairfield Memorial Hospital, Fairfield

SEDP

Finley Hospital, Dubuque EDAP
Galesburg Cottage Hospital EDAP
Genesis Medical Center, Illini Campus, Silvis EDAP

Gottlieb Memorial Hospital, Melrose Park

EDAP

Greenville Regional Hospital, Greenville

SEDP

Heartland Regional Medical Center, Marion

SEDP

Herrin Hospital, Herrin

SEDP

Highland Park Hospital, Highland Park

EDAP

Illinois Valley Community Hospital, Peru SEDP
Ingalls Memorial Hospital, Harvey, IL EDAP
Jersey Community Hospital, Jerseyville

SEDP

John H. Stroger, Jr., Hospital of Cook County, Chicago

EDAP

Katherine Shaw Bethea Hospital, Dixon

SEDP

Kenneth Hall Regional Hospital, East St. Louis

EDAP

Kewanee Hospital, Kewanee

SEDP

Kishwaukee Community Hospital, Dekalb EDAP

Lake Forest Hospital, Lake Forest

EDAP

Little Company of Mary Hospital and Health Care Centers, Evergreen Park

EDAP

Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood

EDAP and PCCC

MacNeal Hospital, Berwyn

EDAP

Massac Memorial Hospital, Metropolis

SEDP

McDonough District Hospital, Macomb

EDAP

Memorial Hospital of Belleville, Belleville

EDAP

Memorial Hospital of Carbondale, Carbondale

EDAP

Memorial Medical Center, Springfield EDAP
Mercy Harvard Hospital, Harvard

SEDP

Mercy Hospital & Medical Center, Chicago

EDAP

Mercy Medical Center, Dubuque, Iowa EDAP

Michael Reese Hospital & Medical Center, Chicago

EDAP

Morris Hospital & Healthcare Centers, Morris EDAP

Mt. Sinai Hospital Medical Center, Chicago

EDAP

Northwest Community Healthcare, Arlington Heights

EDAP

Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago

EDAP

Norwegian American Hospital, Chicago

SEDP

OSF Saint Anthony Medical Center, Rockford EDAP

OSF Saint Francis Medical Center, Peoria

EDAP and PCCC

OSF Saint James Hospital, Pontiac

EDAP

OSF St. Joseph Medical Center, Bloomington

EDAP

OSF St. Mary Medical Center, Galesburg

EDAP

Our Lady of the Resurrection Medical Center, Chicago

EDAP

Passavant Area Hospital, Jacksonville

EDAP

Pekin Hospital, Pekin

EDAP

Proctor Hospital, Peoria

EDAP

Provena Covenant Medical Center, Urbana EDAP

Provena Mercy Medical Center, Aurora

EDAP

Provena Saint Joseph Hospital, Elgin EDAP
Provena Saint Joseph Medical Center, Joliet EDAP
Provena St. Mary's Hospital, Kankakee EDAP
Resurrection Healthcare Saint Elizabeth Hospital, Chicago

EDAP

Resurrection Healthcare Saint Mary of Nazareth Hospital, Chicago

EDAP

Resurrection Medical Center, Chicago

EDAP

Riverside Medical Center, Kankakee EDAP
Rockford Memorial Hospital, Rockford EDAP and PCCC

Rush Copley Medical Center, Aurora

EDAP

Rush North Shore Medical Center, Skokie

EDAP

Rush University Medical Center, Chicago

EDAP

Sacred Heart Hospital, Chicago

SEDP

Saint Anthony Hospital, Chicago

EDAP

Saint Anthony's Health Center, Alton

EDAP

Saint Francis Hospital, Evanston

EDAP

Saint Joseph Hospital, Chicago

EDAP

Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center, Mattoon

EDAP

Sherman Hospital, Elgin

EDAP

Silver Cross Hospital, Joliet

EDAP

Sparta Community Hospital, Sparta

EDAP

St. Alexius Medical Center, Hoffman Estates

EDAP

St. James Hospital, Olympia Fields EDAP
St. John's Hospital, Springfield EDAP and PCCC

St. Joseph's Hospital, Breese

EDAP

St. Joseph's Hospital, Highland

SEDP

St. Mary's Good Samaritan, Inc., Good Samaritan  Regional Health Center, Mt. Vernon

SEDP

St. Mary's Good Samaritan, Inc., St. Mary's Hospital, Centralia

SEDP

St. Mary's Hospital, Decatur EDAP

St. Mary's Hospital, Streator

EDAP

SwedishAmerican Health System, Rockford EDAP

Trinity Medical Center, Rock Island

EDAP

University of Chicago Hospitals, Chicago

EDAP

University of Illinois Medical Center, Chicago

EDAP and PCCC

Vista Medical Center East, Waukegan

EDAP

West Suburban Hospital, Oak Park

EDAP

Westlake Hospital, Melrose Park

EDAP

 

 

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