Intensive Care, Emergent or Urgent Admission


	-	For Nurses

	-	For Other Health Professionals

	-	For Physicians

You may first page the on-call nursing supervisor at (650) 723-8222 ID# 18672 or call the Physician Referral Line at (650) 497-8221 or (800) 995-5724. The physician line staff will assist you in facilitating the admission and direct you appropriately.

Please have the following information available when calling in your admission:

Patient's name
LPCH medical record number (if known)
Date of birth
Diagnosis
Procedure(s)
Admitting physician
Patient's present location
Estimated time of arrival or timeframe for effecting transfer
Insurance information

The Admitting Department will be notified of your patient's pending admission.

Parents/responsible parties will be asked to come to Admitting to sign required admission documents.

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.

Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
725 Welch Road
Palo Alto, California 94304
(650) 497-8000