Pediatric Emergency Center at Mease Countryside Hospital

When emergencies happen, you can be confident in the expert team at Mease Countryside Hospital to provide your child with exceptional medical care. Our dedicated pediatric emergency center (ER) was designed with your child’s health and well-being in mind. Your medical team has specialized pediatric training and is led by a fellowship trained, dual board-certified pediatric emergency/medicine emergency medicine physician. Here, you can expect compassionate, family-centered care.

Our specialized resources include:

• Nurses who are all pediatric advanced life support certified (PALS)
  
• Child-size, care-specialized tools and equipment in various sizes 
  
• We offer a kid-friendly environment with a coastal theme. The waiting area and patient rooms provide a calming atmosphere for patients and their families.
  
• Child Life Specialists who are trained professionals specializing in child development. They help explain diagnoses and procedures and use play techniques to distract and calm our young patients, their siblings and sometimes their parents.
  
• Kid-friendly treatment. When possible, we use drug-free methods of pain relief and perform procedures without using needles. Our team is trained to talk to kids like they’re kids to help them feel safe and comforted, including having special sensory tools available.
  
• An inpatient pediatric unit for children who need to be admitted to the hospital.
  
• Specialized support and resources that cater to the unique medical needs of children, combined with an extensive support system through St. Joseph’s Children’s Hospital. Pediatric specialists at St. Joseph’s Children’s Hospital are also available for consultation on complex cases if necessary. 

The entire emergency department team are experts in working together to ensure that your child’s care is the best it can be and as part of the BayCare family, we have access to everyone and everything that’s needed to take care of your child in an emergency.

Our pediatric emergency center is capable of treating any emergency but should a child require additional specialized treatment we can arrange for transfer to BayCare’s St. Joseph’s Children’s Hospital in Tampa. 

Learn more about pediatric services at Mease Countryside Hospital.