Level I Pediatric Trauma Center
Pediatric subspecialties include:
- Orthopedic trauma
- Brain Injury
- Infectious disease
- Neurology
- Asthma
- Surgery
- Pulmonary
- Urology
- Dermatology
- Cardiology
- Growth and nutrition
- Plastic surgery
- Psychiatry and psychology
Patients have access to pediatric physical therapy, occupational therapy and speech-language pathology.
We have child life specialists, as well as a trauma social worker and pediatric social worker.
In addition:
We provide low-dose radiology treatment, which includes techniques, programs and practices to ensure the best image quality while reducing radiation to the child and delivering only what's needed to get a clear image. This often results in being able to reduce the patients' exposure by one-half or even down to one-tenth of would normally be used.
The Hennepin Healthcare Traumatic Brain Injury Center and the Pediatric Brain Injury Program are nationally recognized for expertise in care for children with a mild concussion to severe brain injury and their Return to Learn (school) program.
Our Burn Center is a national leader with a 17-bed inpatient unit and a therapy outpatient clinic.
Hennepin Healthcare is a leader in trauma care, trauma education and injury prevention. Our pediatric trauma outcomes are among the best in the nation, as are our outcomes from our PICU (Pediatric Intensive Care Unit).