Tel. 937-641-5444   Medical Director: Vipul Patel, MD Dr. Patel is the Laurence P. Harkness Critical Care Endowed Chair.

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Location information:

The Children's Medical Center of Dayton
One Children's Plaza
Dayton, OH 45404-1815
FAX: 937-641-5438

Director: Cindy Burger, MS, RN, CNAA, BC

Administrative manager: Tami Wiggins, RN, MS

Other active staff:

• Mark E. Rowin, MD
• Amit Vohra, MD
• Patricia Abboud, MD

Description of services

The Wallace Critical Care Complex at Dayton Children's offers the most advanced care in a healing environment. For more information 

Pediatric critical care medicine focuses on providing care to patients under age 20 who are critically ill or are at risk of becoming critically ill. Children's pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) is staffed by a group of board-certified pediatric intensivists serving the medical center's 20-county area. The specialists have a particular interest in research on the improvement of outcome after shock and neuroresuscitation. They are available 24 hours a day by phone to assist in the emergency stabilization of children from southwestern Ohio, northern Kentucky and Indiana.

Dayton Children's pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) first in national safety collaborative. Read more

Diagnoses or conditions treated

• Status asthmaticus
• Status epilepticus
• Meningitis
• Diabetic ketoacidosis
• Septic shock
• Bronchiolitis
• Adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS)
• Pediatric trauma
• Hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy
• Acute respiratory failure
• Complex metabolic disturbances
• Seizure disorder
• Shock and circulatory failure
• Impending renal or liver failure
• Multi-system organ failure
• Increased intracranial pressure
• Inhalation injury
• Ingestions
• Congestive heart failure

Services available

• 24-hour, PICU coverage by board-certified pediatric intensivists
• specialized monitoring
• high-frequency oscillatory ventilation (HFOV)
• invasive intravascular/intracardiac techniques
• bedside dialysis
• pediatric subspecialists
• 24-hour mobile intensive care unit - pediatric transport
• sedation service

Outreach and support services

• Available by phone to assist in the emergency stabilization of children in the referral area
• Pediatric transport team

Referral Information:

Phone

• 937-641-5444, direct to the PICU
• 937-641-5168, office

Fax

• 937-641-5438

Hours

24 hours a day, seven days a week

For pediatric critical care transport

• 877-855-PEDS (7337)