Pediatric Intensive Care

Hospitalization

Prevea understands the many emotions that come when a child is hospitalized. We are here to reassure and communicate with your child's physician and coordinate necessary treatment or services.

A pediatric intensivist is a physician who specializes in critical care medicine for children. These physicians handle emergencies such as trauma, critical heart or lung disease, car accidents, or near-drowning that require admission to the intensive care unit (ICU) or to the multidisciplinary pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) at St. Vincent Hospital. Pediatric intensivists also care for children following major surgery, or who have a condition that interferes with breathing or requires the support of a respirator. Intensivists work closely with certified pediatric nurses so everyone in your family gets the best possible care.

Services

• Major medical, surgical and trauma care
• Pediatric sedation
• Pediatric bronchoscopy
• 24-hour pediatric intensive care coverage
• Supported by PALS (pediatric advanced life support) certified nurses
• Access to pediatric critical care transport team

Meet the Pediatric Intensive Care Providers:

To learn more about each provider, click on his or her name below. If you would like to learn about providers in a different specialty, click here.

Pediatric Intensive Care

Joel Ament, MD

John Taylor, DO

Ralph Vardis, MD