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Pediatric
Critical Care Services
Pediatric
critical care specialists provide intensive care for
sick children requiring a range of care from close monitoring
to advanced life support. This specialty supervises
the multidisciplinary Pediatric Critical Care Unit (PCCU),
recognized by the Illinois Department of Public Health
as a Certified Pediatric Critical Care Center for Excellence.
A team of full-time, board-certified pediatric intensivists
(intensive care specialists) work together with pediatric
medical and surgical specialists, specially trained
nurses, respiratory therapists, pharmacists, dieticians
and therapists to provide care for critically ill children.
A senior resident physician is in the unit 24 hours
a day and works under the close supervision of a pediatric
intensivist.
In
addition to its medical capabilities, the PCCU treats
the human spirit of our patients and their families.
Dedicated social workers, child-life specialists and
a schoolteacher are trained to cope with the special
needs of a hospitalized child and help ease the child’s
anxiety. In keeping with Loyola University Health System’s
(Loyola) Jesuit tradition, chaplain services are available
at all times.
Specialty
Services
Critical
Care Transport
The LIFESTAR Critical Care
Transport Team is on call 24 hours a day to assist in
the transport of critically ill children from outlying
hospitals. If you are a physician who needs to arrange
transport to the Pediatric Critical Care Unit, call
(800) 888-LUMC 24 hours a day. The Lifestar team will
and ask to speak with the resident on call. The Lifestar
team will assist you in arranging the transfer and contacting
needed specialists for immediate management advice.
Pediatric
Trauma Services
Loyola University Medical Center is a certified Level
1 Trauma Center. Critically
injured children receive care in the PCCU under the
direction of board-certified trauma surgeons and their
teams.
Community
Outreach and Education
Loyola's pediatric critical care specialists are committed
to ongoing education of members of the local health-care
community. Pediatric basic and advanced life support
courses are offered throughout the year in conjunction
with Nursing Education. In addition, pediatric intensivists
are available for educational conferences and telephone
consultation with other health-care providers in the
community.
Locations
and Contacts
A full spectrum of pediatric critical care
services is available in Maywood at:
Ronald
McDonald® Children's Hospital of Loyola University
Medical Center
For
consultation with a pediatric critical care specialist,
or to arrange transport for a critically ill child,
call (800) 888-LUMC 24 hours a day.
Health-care
providers who would like to arrange for formal or informal
educational conferences with a pediatric intensivist
should contact (708) 327-9137.
Related
Links
Pediatric
services
The
Ronald McDonald® Children’s Hospital of Loyola
University Medical Center
Director
Kathleen
Webster, MD, FAAP
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