When it comes to your child's health, don't settle for less than the best. Our pediatric emergency care is backed by The Studer Family Children's Hospital at Ascension Sacred Heart, the only children's hospital in Northwest Florida, and offers a​​​​ccess to more than 120 board-certified doctors across over 30 pediatric specialties, including:

    • Allergy

    • Cancer Care

    • Cardiology

    • Critical Care

    • Ear, Nose & Throat (ENT)

    • Endocrinology & Diabetes Care

    • Gastroenterology

    • General & Thoracic Surgery

    • Nephrology

    • Neurosurgery

    • Neurology

    • Orthopedics

    • Pulmonology

    • Rheumatology

    • Urology

Taking your child to the emergency room is stressful, so we've gone to great lengths to make our facilities as child-friendly as possible. Our pediatric emergency rooms have been designed  to help your child feel as calm and comfortable as possible.

Because children's medical needs are vastly different from those of adults, we offer advanced equipment especially designed for diagnosing and treating medical emergencies in kids, from infants as small as 6 pounds to adolescents up to 18 years of age. To minimize your wait time, lab tests and X-rays are offered inside the Pediatric Emergency Department.

Equipped to handle a wide range of medical problems, our team is made up of surgeons, physicians, nurses, social workers and rehabilitation therapists who have specialized training and expertise in caring for children. Patients requiring additional care beyond the Emergency Room can be directly admitted to The Children's Hospital, which provides children's medical care across 30 pediatric sub-specialties.

To make your trip to the Pediatric Emergency Room is as quick and stress-free as possible, parents are asked to bring the following items:

    • Your child's immunization history

    • Your pediatrician's phone number

    • Information about any conditions or chronic illnesses your child may have

    • (If available) X-rays or lab test results from other hospitals or clinics relating to your child's current illness

As Northwest Florida's only pediatric trauma referral center, the Studer Family Children’s Hospital offers medical transportation services – including both ground and air transportation – to bring prematurely born, critically ill and injured babies and children to The Children's Hospital in Pensacola.