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Emergency Medicine Has a Kid-Friendly Attitude at Packard Children's Hospital
Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford Names First Director of Pediatric Emergency Medicine
 
 

Pediatric Emergency Department

   
Location: Stanford Hospital and Clinics
300 Pasteur Drive
Stanford, CA 94305
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Clinic/Suite: Room H1260
   
Mailing Address: 300 Pasteur Drive
Stanford, CA 94305
   
Contact Phone: (650) 723-5111
   
Days and Hours:
7 days a week  24 hours a day
  

Pediatric Emergency Department Overview

Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital and Stanford Hospital & Clinics' pediatric emergency department provides emergency treatment to Bay Area children in a kid-friendly atmosphere.  We provide an environment that is non-threatening and calming to children and informative and assuring to their parents.  All patients receive care from team members who specialize in caring for children.
 
Our team and facility are equipped to handle a wide range of medical problems.  We treat anything from:
  • Infectious conditions such as colds, acute gastroenteritis, croup and bronchiolitis
  • Chronic, recurrent illnesses such as asthma, sickle cell disease, cancer, hemophilia, AIDS or seizures
  • Acute traumatic injuries
  • Critical illnesses  
Children who require additional care can be admitted to Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital, just down the hall from our emergency department.  Since Packard Children’s provides high level care in all pediatric specialties, there is no need to transfer the child to another hospital.
 
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Our Facility

Pediatric emergency department examination room

Pediatric emergency department exam room

Photo by Douglas L. Peck

Take a virtual tour of the pediatric emergency department.
 
When children and their parents arrive at our facility, they follow a blue river pattern in the floor from the adult emergency room to the pediatric area.  Once they are in the pediatric area, we have play activities, movies and games to reduce a child’s anxiety and fear about their emergency department visit.
 
Our seven exam rooms have televisions and iMac computers with children’s games, music, movies and Internet access.  Each room is also equipped with monitors that are linked to the central nursing station.  This allows our team to constantly observe the child’s vital signs.
 
Two of our exam rooms can function as isolation rooms for children with communicable diseases.  We also have a critical care area to treat our most critically ill or injured patients.
 
The pediatric waiting room is stocked with children’s toys and activities and free wireless Internet access for parents who bring their own laptop computers.  A big screen television in the waiting room shows short cartoons and informational materials.
 
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Our Team

The pediatric emergency department is staffed with physicians, nurses and child life consultants who all specialize in the care of children.
 
Dr. Bernard Dannenberg

Dr. Bernard Dannenberg

 

Dr. Bernard Dannenberg is the Davies Family Endowed Director of Pediatric Emergency Medicine.  Dr. Dannenberg is one of only a few physicians in the country who has completed medical residencies in both pediatrics and emergency medicine.  His training enables him to treat medical emergencies in the smallest of patients.
 
Paula Miller, RN, is our Pediatric Nurse Educator.  She educates our patients and their parents to make sure they have the information to care for the child at home.  She will also train and direct a new generation of pediatric emergency nurses.
 
Colleen O’Connor is our Child Life Specialist.  Colleen prepares children for procedures and acts as the liaison between the staff and the parents.
 
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Lucile Packard Children's Hospital is located in Palo Alto, adjacent to Stanford University Hospital, approximately 20 miles north of San Jose, CA and 40 miles south of San Francisco.


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725 Welch Road
Palo Alto, California 94304
(650) 497-8000


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