CHRISTUS Children’sprovides emergency care to newborn babies and kids all the way up to age 17. Our specially trained doctors, nurses, technicians, and child life specialists only take care of children. They have all the resources and equipment needed to provide children with the type of diagnosis, testing, and treatment they need.
If your child needs additional outpatient services based on their emergency room visit, we have a comprehensive multidisciplinary team of pediatric subspecialists who are part of the Baylor College of Medicine. We have doctors available in a wide variety of subspecialty areas who are only focused on the health and well-being of children. From psychology to orthopedics and ear, nose and throat, our emergency physicians will provide a referral to an experienced pediatric subspecialist who is part of CHRISTUS Children’s in San Antonio.
CHRISTUS Children's has a Level III pediatric trauma designation meaning our team has demonstrated an ability to provide prompt assessment, resuscitation, surgery, intensive care, and stabilization of injured children of all ages and emergency operations with highly skilled pediatric surgeons and anesthesiologists.
As a parent, when an emergency situation arises you want to make sure your child receives the best care possible as quickly as possible. That’s why we are dedicated to providing emergency care for kids and kids only.
Emergencies can strike anyone at any time. But sometimes it can be hard to know what ailment is worthy of a trip to the emergency room vs. an urgent care center. Let our experts help you make an informed decision.
Sometimes it is easy to know when to go to the ER – a broken bone or a cut that needs stitches. But parents often struggle with the decision of whether to take their child to the ER for other reasons.
