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Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Overview
Welcome to the official web site of the Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine (PEM) at Loma Linda University Medical Center and Children's Hospital.Pediatric Emergency Medicine is a division of the Department of Emergency Medicine.
Loma Linda University Medical Center and Children's Hospital is among the few facilities in the United States to offer a fellowship training program in pediatric emergency medicine based in an academic department of emergency medicine.
The Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine was renovated in July 2002 and sees more than 25,000 patients per year.Loma Linda University Medical Center and Children's Hospital is the only pediatric Level I trauma center in the region.Our Loma Linda base station manages over 4000 pediatric radio runs per year.Our 18-bed pediatric emergency department has 38 hours of attending coverage per day.A subspecialist pediatric emergency physician is on duty at all times.
Loma Linda University has the longest continuously running program in pediatric emergency medicine in California, accepting fellows each year since 1992. Loma Linda University Medical Center and Children's Hospital is a 724-bed tertiary care center including 232 pediatric beds.Our Children's Hospital serves a county population of 2 million people in an area of 20,100 square miles, approximately the size of the entire state of West Virginia.
Our Mission
To keep with the mission of Loma Linda University "To make man whole," our program strives to train physicians in a supportive and stimulating clinical and research environment.We consistently strive to provide the highest quality care to acutely ill and injured children now and in the future.