University Of Chicago Children S Emergency Room

Pediatric trauma emergency services.

University of chicago children s emergency room.

Our pediatric experts provide care for children of all ages. The pediatric ed patient census for 2008 was 33 000 thus a total of nearly 90 000 emergency patients are taken care of annually at the university of chicago medical center. Our state of the art pediatric emergency facility features the latest diagnostic and treatment equipment to provide comprehensive emergency care to children. The university of chicago medical center directs prehospital care for the entire south side of chicago.

For more information please visit the comer children s hospital website. The pediatric ed is attended and directed by full time pediatric emergency medicine specialists. University of chicago emergency medicine residents rotate through the pediatric ed pediatric icu neonatal icu and serve as ucan flight physician for pediatric medical and trauma transports. As the only level i pediatric trauma center on chicago s south side the university of chicago medicine comer children s hospital provides immediate highly specialized pediatric emergency services 24 hours a day seven days a week.

The university of chicago comer children s hospital pediatric emergency department is the only level i pediatric trauma center on the southeast side of chicago.