Specializing in children’s emergency care
Hackensack Meridian Children’s Health provides pediatric emergency care at our children’s hospitals, including:
- Child-friendly waiting rooms at our academic children’s hospital locations
- Specialized treatment areas and procedure rooms
- Board-certified pediatric specialists
- On-site laboratory testing, imaging and pharmacy
- Pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) at select locations
- Dedicated Magnet® award-winning emergency and trauma nurses
- Child life specialists, to ease fears and reduce anxiety
- Multilingual staff and/or language services
- Social work services
- Fast-track area
- Pediatric-friendly medical approaches to minimize pain and radiation
- Access to Hackensack Meridian Health’s full continuum of care, including post-treatment resources
Our Doctors
Hackensack Meridian Children’s Health provides pediatric emergency care at our children’s hospitals.


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