Overview
Pediatrics and Child Health is a medical specialty that focuses on providing medical care to infants, children and adolescents. Pediatric Critical Care, a subspecialty of Pediatrics, is a field that focuses on providing evaluation and treatment of critically ill or injured infants, children and adolescents. This includes care for seriously ill newborns, patients in shock, patients with severe breathing problems, and patients with organ system failure. Pediatric Critical Care specialists provide intensive care from the point of diagnosis through recovery or stabilization. Effective care requires an interdisciplinary team including anesthesiologists, physicians, nurses, respiratory therapists, pharmacists and dieticians. Pediatric Critical Care is an essential component of healthcare for children and is often the difference between life and death for critically ill or injured children.