Medical Social Workers are available in the ED from 8 a.m. to 1 a.m., 7 days a week to assist in child abuse and neglect, behavioral and psychiatric issues, and case management issues. Pediatric sub- specialists are available 24 hours a day and management is coordinated with the primary care provider. Pediatric Emergency Services (PES) can help facilitate after-hours outpatient lab draws and imaging studies and coordinate care for positive results.

Pain control for pediatric patients is important to us. We use the "Numby" lidocaine iontophorsis topical anethetic system for IV starts and LPs and supply EMLA cream to patients who will have subsequent procedures at follow-up. We use LET (lidocaine, epinephrine and tetracaine) gel as our topical anesthetic for laceration repair. Our goal is to provide relief of pain to the children we care for.

PES was the first service in the area to train for and use Dermabond tissue adhesive for pediatric laceration repairs and to use diagnostic ultrasound technology to image pediatric trauma patients

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