Division of Emergency Medicine and Transport
The Division of Emergency Medicine and Transport provides a broad spectrum of acute care outpatient services to infants, children and adolescents. Services include comprehensive emergency care, acute non-emergent care and neonatal and pediatric critical care transport services.
Description of Programs and Services
- Trauma Center
Los Angeles County's only Level I Trauma Center devoted solely to pediatric cases, the CHLA Trauma Center recently was designated a Regional Pediatric Trauma Center by the American College of Surgeons. It is one of only 12 facilities in the country to hold this designation.
- Childrens Emergency Transport Program
Founded in 1987, the Childrens Emergency Transport Program provides specialized expert care for ill or critically injured neonates, infants and children. Dedicated teams of doctors, nurses and respiratory therapists, using specially designed ambulance, helicopter and fixed wing services, provide emergent, urgent and critical care to patients of all ages during transport. Transport physicians are board certified in pediatrics with experience and training in pediatric and neonatal critical care specialities. Nurses and respiratory therapists have additional training in transport medicine. Each year, the Transport Program coordinates more than 2,000 patient transports, including more than 1,500 full-team transports. While the majority of the transport patients come from the immediate community, many also come from all over the United States and Hawaii, Canada, Mexico, Europe, Southeast Asia, the Middle East and the South Pacific.
- Special Services and Facilities
Special services include an urgent care area, called Kids Care; care for patients with acute but non-emergent conditions, emergency child abuse evaluations and verbal and written communication with the referring physician for every patient visit. The Division's special facilities include a trauma resuscitation suite and respiratory care room.
- Alan Nager, M.D., Division Head
- Caroline Altergott, M.D.
- Holly C. Corn, M.D. - Kids Care
- Lourdes Escalona, M.D.
- Everette E. Fuqua, III, M.D. - Transport
- Adam J. Goodfarb, M.D.
- Y. Liza Kearl, M.D.
- Calvin Lowe, M.D.
- Craig McElderry, M.D.
- Steven M. Rudd, M.D.
- Janet Semple-Hess, M.D.
- Vincent J. Wang, M.D.
- Kimberly R. Zimmerman, M.D.
HOW TO CONTACT US
The Division of Emergency Medicine and Transport welcomes your inquiries. To contact us you can:
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| Call the Division directly at | (323) 669-2109 | |
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Division of Emergency Medicine and Transport Childrens Hospital Los Angeles 4650 Sunset Blvd., #113 Los Angeles, CA 90027-6062 |