Medical & Surgical Care

Both general pediatric units, general pediatric west (Miller West) and general pediatrics east (Core), are 50-bed units that provide quality, compassionate care to patients who are sick enough to be hospitalized, but don’t typically have a life-threatening illness or condition, such as children recovering from a major illness or injury. Children with chronic conditions, who have an acute episode, may need to be hospitalized to get their condition back under control, such as children with respiratory diseases, asthma, diabetes, gastrointestinal conditions, urology and renal diseases.

The general pediatrics care team works to get children back to their maximum state of health and wellness, while teaching patients and their families about prevention of illness and injury, through:

• Care for acute and episodic illnesses
• Diagnostics care across the entire spectrum of childhood illness and problems
• Consultation with specialists
• Developmental and behavioral assessment
• Nutritional guidance for babies, growing children, underweight and overweight children
• Patient and family education on the condition and management of an illness
• Hearing screening
• Well-child evaluation and examination

Isolation Rooms

Isolation rooms are private rooms where patients who are immunocompromised or have an extremely contagious airborne disease receive treatment and care, without compromising their health or other patients’ health. Isolation rooms provide reverse airflow, ensuring that air doesn’t flow out of the room or flow in for those patients who are immunocompromised. There are negative and positive pressure isolation rooms.

Negative Pressure Isolation Rooms
Some of the isolation rooms in the general pediatrics units are negative pressure rooms. This means the isolation rooms are kept at negative pressure to limit movement of infectious agents from the room to other areas of the hospital. These rooms are primarily used for patients who have very contagious diseases.

Positive Pressure Isolation Rooms
Positive pressure isolation rooms are kept at positive pressure to limit movement of infectious agents from outside of the room and prevent them from coming in. Air supply is recirculated and filtered through HEPA filters to keep the air free of typically harmless fungus. These rooms are primarily used for patients who are immunocompromised and can't risk catching even a minor cold.