As the official pediatric trauma referral center for the State of Maryland, the Division of Emergency Medicine works with Maryland’s Emergency Medical Services to receive emergency trauma and other cases from Cumberland to the Eastern Shore, but also cares for children from Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Delaware, Washington, D.C., and Virginia, 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Management of multi-system illness and trauma is provided through the Pediatric Emergency Department and the 16-bed Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU), which is staffed by pediatric surgeons and pediatric anesthesiology and critical care medicine specialists.
The Pediatric Emergency Department manages the unexpected medical and surgical needs of children through age 18. The service is staffed around the clock and handles over 24,000 cases each year. The Child Protection Team is a multidisciplinary team devoted to recognizing and treating victims of child abuse.
Pediatric Patient Transport Saves Lives: Joshua's Story
On Maryland’s Eastern Shore, 5-year-old Joshua Robinson went into sudden cardiac arrest in Peninsula Regional Medical Center. ED docs shocked his heart back into action and the hospital’s adult cardiologist called Johns Hopkins Children’s Center’s Pediatric Transport Service. Maryland’s designated shock trauma service for children. At the Children’s Center, the pediatric shock trauma center for the state of Maryland, pediatric intensivist Jamie Schwartz took the call.
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