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Emergency Services
If your child is experiencing a medical emergency, call 911 for help.
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Emergency Department/Trauma Center |
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 The Emergency Department/Trauma Center is staffed by pediatric emergency medicine specialists and nurses with extensive pediatric emergency training. They treat more than 50,000 children annually for illnesses and injuries ranging from asthma to trauma.
Children's Hospital is the only free-standing Level I Trauma Center dedicated solely to the care of children in Wisconsin, caring for the most critically ill and injured children. Support is available from surgery, anesthesiology, radiology, laboratory, respiratory therapy and pharmacy.
Call (414) 266-2626 for the emergency department. |
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Children's Hospital of Wisconsin Emergency Department/Trauma Center (ED/TC) Facts and Figures:
- More than 63,000 ED/TC and Children's Urgent Care visits are made each year.
- Children's Hospital of Wisconsin is the only freestanding Level I Trauma Center dedicated solely to the care of children in Wisconsin.
- Children's Hospital was recertified as a Level I Trauma Center by the American College of Surgeons in 2004.
- Before obtaining an ED/TC position, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin nurses must complete 6 month competencies in the emergency department and have at least 2 years of acute-care nursing experience.
- The most critically ill and injured children and adolescents are transported to the hospital for care. More than 1,100 patients were treated through the Children's Hospital Trauma Center in 2003.
Wisconsin Level I Trauma Center |
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The American College of Surgeons Verification Review Committee commented positively on Children's Hospital's trauma program leadership and staff, its cohesive multidisciplinary trauma service and Emergency Department resources and facilities, among other areas. The American College of Surgeons, in making the announcement, commended Children's Hospital on its "continued commitment to provide quality care to all of its trauma patients."
Verified trauma centers must meet essential criteria. Key elements of a Level I Trauma Center status include:
- Trauma surgeons and medical specialists and sub-specialists in the hospital and available 24 hours per day, seven days per week.
- Specialized facilities, including emergency services, and an operating room dedicated to and ready for trauma cases. Neurosurgeons, orthopedic surgeons, specially trained trauma nurses, anesthesia services, intensive care units, rehabilitation services, CT and other imaging facilities available for trauma patients at any time of the day or night.
- A trauma director, trauma registry, a coordinator, outreach programs and an organized research effort to help direct new innovations in trauma care.
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