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Pediatric Intensive Care Unit

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The PICU provides support for children with life threatening illnesses or injuries who require life support or intensive monitoring.The PICU is a new, 34 bed state- of- the-art unit that opened in July 2019.The PICU offers a family centered approach to care, which includes private family spaces in each patient room.

Services include:

  • Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO)
  • Continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT)
  • High frequency oscillatory ventilation (HFOV)
  • Level 1 trauma services
  • Bariatric rooms capable of providing care for obese patients
  • 24/7 rapid response team
  • Child life specialist provide developmentally appropriate support to children