Children's Hospital New Orleans Emergency Care Just for Kids!

Expert pediatric emergency services 24/7

Few things are more stressful for a parents than when a child needs emergency medical care. Children’s Hospital New Orleans understands how difficult emergency medical situations are for families, and is committed to providing your child with the highest level of care possible from our dedicated team of Emergency Care providers. Our skilled team of multidisciplinary professionals are specially trained to work with children.

We have two emergency pediatric departments in the New Orleans area, one at the hosptial's main campus in Uptown New Orleans and one located at West Jefferson Medical Center on the West Bank.

An ER made just for Kids

Children's Hospital Emergency Department

200 Henry Clay Avenue, New Orleans, LA, 70118

Located on Children's Hospital's main campus, the Jack M. Weiss Emergency Care Center provides a complete range of emergency services to care for children from birth through age 21. The Children's Hospital Emergency Department is the largest pediatric emergency department in Louisiana, seeing more than 50,000 patients per year, and is staffed with Children’s Hospital board-certified pediatric Emergency Care physicians, pediatricians and pediatric nurses all working together to provide comprehensive patient and family-centered care.

Our staff is prepared to care for children with any type of injury, medical or surgical emergency, and those who are critically ill. The ED has access to over 40 pediatric specialties, including emergency pediatric dental care, in order to provide the best care possible to every child. Patients from other facilities can be transported by fixed wing aircraft, helicopter, or ambulance. The ED has 33 beds and is open 24 hours a day, 7 days per week.

To contact the Emergency Department at Children's hospital, call 504.899.9511.

West Bank campus

Pediatric Emergency Department at West Jefferson Medical Center

1101 Medical Center Blvd, Morrero, Louisiana, 70072

The Pediatric Emergency Department at West Jefferson Medical Center is a 7-bed, dedicated pediatric emergency department available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The center is staffed with Children’s Hospital board-certified pediatric Emergency Care physicians, pediatricians and pediatric nurses all working together to provide comprehensive patient and family-centered care in a community setting. The ED is equipped to take care of a wide variety of illnesses and injuries. In the case that the child needs a higher level of care or admission to the hospital, the child will be stabilized and transferred to the main campus location.

To contact the pediatric emergency department at West Jeff, call 504.349.1555.

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