Johns Hopkins All Childrens Hospital Inc

Programs: Intensive care unitspurpose: johns hopkins all children's hospital pediatric critical care specialists take care of acutely ill patients in the two pediatric intensive care units (picu) at all children's. They serve as attending physicians for the patients admitted to picu for medical problems like pneumonia and meningitis. They work closely with surgical specialists in taking care of patients recovering from major surgeries, and are actively involved in the care of our cardiovascular intensive care unit (cvicu) patients. All children's neonatal intensive care unit (nicu) is a 97 bed level 3 nicu, offering the highest level of neonatal care to newborns. The unit is made up almost entirely of private rooms with the most advanced life-support and monitoring equipment. All children's also offers spacious rooms and comfortable lounge chairs that encourage parents to spend as much time as possible with their newborn. All children's critical care units include:pediatric intensive care unit 1pediatric intensive care unit 2pediatric cardiovascular intensive care unitneonatal intensive care unit

emergency medicinepurpose: children's health emergencies require special expertise and special treatment. All children's has built an emergency center around the specific needs of children in emergency medical situations. Some of the distinct advantages of the all children's emergency center are:-the ec attending staff consists of pediatric emergency medicine physicians and general pediatricians. -pediatric emergency medicine physicians have three additional years of pediatric training beyond their training in emergency medicine. -there is at least one board certified pediatric emergency medicine physician in the ec at all times, sometimes as many as three. -in addition to having the skills to make kids feels more secure and at ease in emergency situations, pediatric emergency physicians' additional training means faster diagnosis and treatment. -johns hopkins all children's hospital also uses only pediatrics residents - doctors who are training to be pediatricians, rather than general practice residents. -the emergency center nursing staff is specially trained in pediatric emergency nursing. -the emergency center is directly adjacent to the pediatric radiology department. The radiology department is staffed 24 hours, and films are read by pediatric radiologists. Our radiology department is part of the image gently campaign; a widespread effort by radiologists to reduce radiation exposure in children's in many different ways. -the emergency center has a child life specialist who helps make the emergency center experience less threatening and stressful for patients and families. Child life specialists use distraction and play to help children cope better with the hospital experience. The all children's emergency center treats over 45,000 infants, children, and teenagers a year, and is part of a joint trauma program with bayfront medical center. The emergency center is able to treat all emergency conditions.

respiratory therapypurpose: the pediatric pulmonology program at all children's in st. Petersburg, florida, treats children with acute and chronic diseases of the respiratory system, including asthma, cystic fibrosis, bronchopulmonary dysplasia, central apnea, sleep apnea and sleep-disordered breathing. The program is accredited by the cystic fibrosis foundation as a cystic fibrosis care center, serving as a center of excellence for clinical care, research, and multi-disciplinary support for cf patients. The program is also a cystic fibrosis foundation designated therapeutic development center - one of more than 80 centers worldwide specializing in clinical trials to evaluate the safety and efficacy of new therapies. The pediatric pulmonologists also lead a collaborative asthma program at all children's aimed at reducing the rate of hospitalization for children with asthma and linking hospital-based and community resources for families of asthmatic children.