St. Louis Children’s Hospital
General pediatric inpatient unit
We provide general pediatric attending level coverage on multiple inpatient units. This includes supervision of medical students, pediatric nurse practitioners, residents and Pediatric Hospital Medicine (PHM) Fellows. Teaching is done both at the bedside, as well as in didactic sessions.
Ambulatory Procedure Center (APC)
The APC operates weekdays Monday through Friday to perform invasive procedures and diagnostic studies that require sedation for both inpatients and outpatients at St. Louis Children’s Hospital. The center facilitates a wide range of procedures, including but not limited to radiologic procedures, PICC line placement, lumbar punctures, joint injections, catheter placement for VCUG. The hospitalists provide moderate to deep sedation for these procedures. The hospitalists receive extensive training in advanced airway skills and medication use with the pediatric anesthesiology staff in order to perform this service. Teaching is also provided to the pediatric residents and PHM Fellows, as sedation training is part of a required rotation.
Pediatric Ambulatory Wound Service (PAWS) sedation service
The PAWS clinic operates seven days a week to perform follow-up care to surgical inpatients and outpatients. Care primarily involves burn dressing and debridements, abscess I+D/packing and management and wound vac dressing changes. The hospitalist role in the PAWS clinic is to oversee and provide procedural sedations for the various procedures. Teaching is also provided to the pediatric residents and PHM Fellows, as sedation training is part of a required rotation.
After-hours sedation service
The hospitalist service provides sedations for urgent/emergent procedures during weekday evenings and nights as well as throughout the weekend. Our role is an extension of our PAWS and APC service during these off hours. In addition, our after-hours sedation hospitalist staffs the PAWS unit during the weekend.
Circumcision
Our group performs circumcisions on patients per family request in the NICU, and the Parkview Tower 6800 Nursery. We also provide teaching, instruction and certification in neonatal resuscitation to the residents and medical students through the neonatal resuscitation program.
Missouri Baptist Medical Center
Newborn services
An on-site pediatric hospitalist 24 hours a day, seven days a week to provide a variety of services for newborns born at MBMC. We attend all cesarean section deliveries, complicated deliveries and provide emergent care and support to newborns in need after birth. Pediatric hospitalists in collaboration with Pediatric Nurse Practitioners provide daily newborn care and education to those families whose pediatrician is not on staff or who have not yet chosen a pediatrician. We also work with the WUSM neonatologists in the level III NICU, helping to care for those infants who are ill or are born prematurely.
Emergency pediatric center
Emergency care is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week in the pediatric unit located on the 1st floor of MBMC’s East Pavilion. On-site pediatric hospitalists work with pediatric nurses to provide urgent and emergent care to children and their families.
Pediatric inpatient unit
There are four inpatient beds located in the pediatric unit for those children who need further care or observation. The pediatric hospitalists work with patient’s own pediatrician to coordinate care for the child and family.
Progress West HealthCare Center
Newborn services
An on-site pediatric hospitalist 24 hours a day, seven days a week to provide a variety of services for newborns born at Progress West. We attend all cesarean section deliveries, complicated deliveries, and provide emergent care and support to newborns in need after birth. Pediatric hospitalists provide daily newborn care and education to those families whose pediatrician is not on staff or who have not yet chosen a pediatrician. We also work with the WUSM neonatologists in the level II NICU, helping to care for those infants who are ill or born prematurely.
Emergency pediatric center
Emergency care is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week in the Progress West Emergency Room. On-site pediatric hospitalists work with pediatric nurses to provide urgent and emergent care to children and their families.
Pediatric inpatient unit
The pediatric hospitalists care for inpatient children and work with the patient’s own pediatrician to coordinate care for the child and family.
Barnes Jewish Hospital – 6800 Nursery
Newborn services
The 6800 Assessment Nursery is the well-baby nursery at Barnes-Jewish hospital/Parkview Tower. A core group of hospitalists provide service for this primary teaching service. Clinical responsibilities include daily rounds with the resident team and assessing each newborn. Teaching responsibilities include teaching sessions with the nursery team several times per week.
Memorial Hospital Belleville
Emergency pediatric center
Emergency care is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week in the Emergency Room at Memorial Hospital Belleville. On-site pediatric hospitalists work with pediatric nurses to provide urgent and emergent care to children and their families.
Memorial Hospital Shiloh
Newborn services
An on-site pediatric hospitalist 24 hours a day, seven days a week to provide a variety of services for newborns born at Memorial. We attend all cesarean section deliveries, complicated deliveries, and provide emergent care and support to newborns in need after birth. We also work with the WUSM neonatologists in the level II NICU, helping to care for those infants who are ill or born prematurely.
Emergency pediatric center
Emergency care is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week in the Memorial Hospital Shiloh Emergency Room. On-site pediatric hospitalists work with pediatric nurses to provide urgent and emergent care to children and their families.