Teamwork Saves Pediatric Patients
Northridge Hospital Medical Center's 8-bed Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) provides an extra measure of critical care medical support for our pediatric patients.
A Guide For Parents
Pediatric Intensive Care can be a very frightening place for both the child and the parents. We would like to help decrease the stress of admission as much as possible.
The phrase, "intensive care" indicates that your child needs close observation and monitoring. The staff caring for your child is specially trained in pediatrics. Northridge Hospital's Pediatric Intensive Care Unit provides one full-time nurse per every one to two patients - depending on the patient's condition.
When your child's condition improves and intensive care is no longer needed, she/he will be transferred to the Pediatric Unit. As your child's condition improves, we encourage active parent participation in patient care. This provides a smooth transition as you and your family prepare for hospital discharge.
Visiting Policy
Parents: Visiting hours are unlimited for parents of the patient. In most cases, we allow one parent to spend the night in the room (at the discretion of the nursing staff). A cot will be provided, but we ask that it be closed up by 9 a.m. each day.
Family Members: Visitors are limited to immediate family and no more than two people at a time. Hospital policy states that no children under the age of 12 years will be permitted to visit Intensive Care patients. Children under the age of 12 years should wait with an adult in the first floor lobby. Help Us Help Your Child To provide the high quality care that your child needs right now, we ask for your cooperation when it is necessary to temporarily leave your child's room. Visitors may need to leave the patients room during patient examinations or in-room procedures; during a change in our staff's shifts; or in case of a medical emergency with your child or another patient on the unit.
