Children's Hospital Boston's Division of Emergency Medicine provides 24-hour care to infants, children and young adults with urgent and emergent medical, surgical and traumatic conditions. The consulting staff includes:
- medical and surgical doctors from a broad range of specialties
- social work professionals
- foreign language interpreters
All patients are accepted in the emergency department from birth through 21 years of age, and those with chronic illnesses requiring pediatric expertise (e.g. cystic fibrosis or complex congenital heart disease) are treated at any age, as appropriate.
As one of the largest emergency/trauma centers in New England, Children's cares for more than 50,000 patients each year and serves as a Level I Pediatric Trauma Center.
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