Children's Emergency Care
Hackensack Meridian Children’s Health specializes in pediatric emergency care at our children’s hospitals, including:
- Access to Hackensack Meridian Health’s full continuum of care, including post-treatment resources
- Board-certified pediatric specialists
- Child-friendly waiting rooms at our academic children’s hospital locations
- Child life specialists, to ease fears and reduce anxiety
- Dedicated Magnet® award-winning emergency and trauma nurses
- Fast-track area
- Multilingual staff and/or language services
- On-site laboratory testing, imaging and pharmacy
- Pediatric-friendly medical approaches to minimize pain and radiation
- Pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) at select locations
- Social work services
- Specialized treatment areas and procedure rooms