Pediatric Intensive Care The Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) at Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital is a 28-bed intensive and acute care unit for neonates, infants, children and adolescents who become critically ill or injured. We realize that having a child in the PICU is a scary and emotional time. Our goal is to provide your child with safe, appropriate, comprehensive, individualized, interdisciplinary and patient- and family-centered care in a compassionate and nurturing environment. Outstanding Care 24 Hours a Day, 7 Days a Week Our PICU is staffed by board-certified and fellowship-trained pediatric intensive care physicians who provide in-house medical and surgical care 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. They communicate regularly with pediatric subspecialists and primary care physicians regarding coordination of care, discharge and follow-up. Additionally, specially trained critical care nurses provide care for patients of all illness levels. The PICU at Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital offers: Daily multidisciplinary rounds, to which parents are invited to participate in order to learn about their child's treatment plan Evening nurse report with parents at bedside Patient and family advocate for support during hospitalization experience Child life specialist team for developmentally appropriate medical play and distraction interventions Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), a lifesaving procedure for patients with severe respiratory or cardiopulmonary problems A dedicated pediatric transport team that is PICU-based and allows the team members to maintain their critical care skills in the field Dedicated pediatric intensive care team of physicians, nurses, respiratory therapists, pharmacists, social workers, patient care associates, care coordinators and child life specialists Unrestricted visiting hours for families Conine Clubhouse, a place for families to stay while their children are being cared for at the hospital Patient Services and Procedures The following represent unit-specific patient services and procedures provided in PICU: Intensive/acute medical-surgical care Invasive/non-invasive monitoring Invasive/noninvasive diagnostic procedures (e.g., bronchoscopy, transesophageal echocardiaogram, polysomnogram, lumbar puncture, electroencephalogram, electrocardiogram, pH probe) Moderate sedation Trauma care Cardiac care Cardiac transplant care Nonsurgical placement of central vascular access devices Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation Neurosurgical care Neuro-invasive device insertion Craniofacial surgical care Continuous veno-venous/veno-arterial hemofiltration/dialysis Peritoneal dialysis Nitric oxide therapy Heliox therapy Ventilator support Intubation Respiratory therapy Oncological/hematological care Exchange transfusion therapy Chemotherapy administration Ground/air transport Types of equipment utilized in PICU: Centralized monitoring system Intra-cranial monitoring equipment IV pumps Syringe pumps Blood chemistry/gas measurement machines Non-invasive blood pressure monitoring machines Pulse oximeters Cerebral oximeters End-tidal CO2 monitors Venous oxygen saturation monitors IV fluid warmers Blood-glucose measurement machine Oto/opthalmoscopes Peripheral nerve stimulator Pulse dopplers Mechanical ventilators Continuous veno-venous/veno-arterial hemofiltration/dialysis machine Peritoneal dialysis machine Extra-corporeal membranous oxygenation machine Train-of-four stimulator Neonatal open warmers Neonatal transport systems
