Pediatric Emergency Medicine (PEM) provides acute care and stabilizes children prior to hospital admission. As part of the Division of Pediatric Critical Care, PEM manages children with medical and surgical emergencies and general pediatric diseases. General pediatric conditions include pneumonia, asthma, near-SIDS, failure to thrive, malnutrition, smoke inhalation, near drowning, minor trauma, intoxication / poisonings, AIDS, abuse and more. Medical conditions, including pulmonary, immunology, nephrology, cardiology, infectious diseases, adolescent medicine, neurology, gastroenterology, endocrinology and metabolic diseases. Surgical conditions, including pediatric surgery, orthopaedics, neurosurgery, ENT, ophthalmology, plastic surgery, thoracic surgery, oral surgery and OB/GYN.
