Memorial Hospital Miramar Children's Services

About Our Emergency Room

Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital Emergency Departments are not community testing sites for COVID-19. If your child is experiencing mild symptoms, contact your child’s pediatrician or you can have a virtual visit from your computer or mobile device with MemorialDocNow. If your child is symptomatic or asymptomatic and you would like to have them tested for COVID-19, call 954-276-4680 to schedule an appointment  at the C.B. Smith Park drive-through testing site in Pembroke Pines.

If your child is experiencing severe symptoms, including:

• Having a hard time breathing
• Persistent pain or pressure in the chest
• Feeling confused or forgetful
• Not able to stay awake
• Bluish lips or face 

Call 911 or visit a pediatric emergency room immediately!

Complete with advanced technology, the Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital Emergency Department at Memorial Hospital Miramar helps ease a child's fears often associated with a trip to the ER. Its lighthearted atmosphere filled with electric trains, a water-filled bubbling window, TVs, games and color murals helps distract kids from the serious work of the pediatric emergency physicians and registered nurses who work around-the-clock, every day of the year.

Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital Emergency Department at Memorial Hospital Miramar is Florida’s first emergency department to earn the Certified Autism Center™ (CAC) designation through The International Board of Credentialing and Continuing Education Standards (IBCCES). Our physicians, nurses, and patient-facing department staff have completed training and certification to better understand the autism spectrum and strategies for communication, patient interaction, and safety. The emergency department also offers a low sensory room and private exam rooms for patients who have autism or other sensory sensitivities.

Our Services
Emergency Care
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)
Rehabilitation

Pediatric Emergency Guidelines

• Staffed 24 hours a day with dedicated physicians, nurses and support staff, specially trained in pediatric emergency medicine
• Equipment along with our staff can handle a wide variety of emergencies
• Separate emergency entrance, triage, waiting and treatment rooms
• Severity of the illness or injury determines the order children are seen
• Your child will be seen by a registered nurse at the check-in (triage) desk

Waiting Room

• Please do not give your child anything to eat or drink until seen by a doctor
• During busy times there may be a wait
• Children with immediate needs are always seen first

Registration

• Once evaluated a patient representative will register your child as a patient

Procedures & Tests

• All procedures will be explained to the child and parent or guardian
• Some procedures may be performed in a special treatment room
• It is possible that you may not be able to be present for all procedures
• After any x-ray and/or lab work you will need to wait for the results

Discharge

• Instructions and follow up care will be discussed with your child and parent/ guardian upon discharge

Can Children Be Treated in the Absence of Parents?

• Except in emergency circumstances consent from a parent is needed for treatment, if child is under 18 years old
• If you are planning a trip and will be away from your child, leave a notarized consent/power of attorney for treatment of your child
• Our Community Relations Department offers power of attorney and Child ID Services. For additional information please call (954) 276-5985.