Pediatric Emergency Room

Your rotation in the pediatric emergency room gives you the opportunity to work as a first responder in a dedicated pediatric emergency department.

You’ll work with pediatric residents to evaluate, stabilize and manage patients at Oishei Children’s Hospital of Buffalo. You’ll present cases directly to your supervising faculty—either a board-certified pediatric emergency physician or a critical care-trained pediatrician with emergency department experience.

You’ll perform a number of emergency procedures and gain competence delivering neonatal and pediatric advanced life support.

Procedures Learned

You’ll become proficient in the following techniques and procedures:

bladder catheterization
burn care
establishing IV access for administration of fluids, blood or medication
foreign body removal from ears, nose and skin
laceration repair (including suturing and stapling)
wound debridement

You’ll understand the indications for, and the management of, lumbar punctures, nasal packing for epistaxis and intraosseous infusion.

Conditions Seen

You’ll learn how to diagnose and treat patients with conditions including:

allergic reactions
asthma exacerbation
concussions
dehydration
failure to thrive
fever of unknown origin
foreign body aspiration/ingestion
fractures
gastrointestinal system conditions (malabsorption, obstruction, diarrhea, bleeding)
hyperbilirubinemia
injuries related to physical or sexual abuse
intussusception
poisoning and toxicity
rickettsial infections
seizures
sepsis
upper respiratory tract infections with respiratory distress/hypoxia
urinary tract infections
viral exanthems