Pediatric care in Pensacola
Your child is the center of your world, and their health is the center of ours.
At HCA Florida West Hospital, we are committed to providing high-quality healthcare for children. Our pediatrics team works closely with families, primary physicians, and researchers.
Pediatric emergency care
Realizing you may have to visit the emergency room can be a stressful prospect for both you and your child, but at HCA Florida West Hospital, we are committed to making your visit as comfortable as possible.
Our pediatric emergency room staff are trained to meet the physical and emotional needs of each child, ensuring they receive the compassionate and comprehensive care they deserve.
If you think your child is experiencing a medical emergency, call 911 immediately.
Pediatric conditions we treat
Our pediatric hospitalists treat a wide range of pediatric conditions, some of which include:
- Circulatory
- Sepsis
- Dehydration
- Rhabdo
- Anemia due to GYN/menorrhagia
- IV antibiotic therapy for any disease or diagnosis
- Lymphatic
- Respiratory viral testing
- Abscesses needing IV antibiotics only
- Respiratory
- RSV
- Flu
- COVID
- Asthma exacerbation
- Pneumonia
- Bronchitis
- Continuous pulse ox
- High flow/Vapotherm/CPAP
- Integumentary
- Cellulitis
- Abscesses
- Hyperbilirubinemia
- Endocrine
- Established diabetics needing admission for a different diagnosis
- Hypoglycemia
- Gastrointestinal
- Constipation that needs a clean out
- N/V/D
- Appendicitis above 50 kg and approved by general surgeon
- Foreign objects swallowed that are in the gut and not needing OR removal
- Failure to thrive
- Urinary
- UTI
- Pyelonephritis
- Musculoskeletal
- Any infectious disease processes that need IV antibiotics
- Neuro
- Febrile seizures that need overnight observation
- Reproductive
- Consult gynecologist for acceptance of GYN diagnosis
- Newborn readmits
- Observation overflow from LDRP
- Hyperbilirubinemia/jaundice/phototherapy
- Neonatal abstinence scoring/methadone/morphine treatments
- Failure to thrive/poor weight gain
- Long term IV antibiotic therapy
- Newborn outpatient services:
- Echocardiogram
- Newborn screening testing
- Transcutaneous bili testing
- Labs
- Weight checks
- Pediatric outpatient services:
- IV Infusions
- Stim/growth hormone testing
- MRI with sedation
- Procedural sedations
- Advanced imaging with sedation
- Botox/Alcohol injections with sedation
- Rehabilitation/physical therapy
Pediatric doctors and specialists
Thanks to our extended network of care, we’re able to bring together top-notch teams of pediatric specialists. We enable them to work collaboratively, sharing insights and expertise with each other, to make sure your child receives high–quality care.
These teams include:
- Pediatricians
- Pediatric emergency care physicians
- Pediatric nurses
- Pediatric surgeons
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