Wednesday marks National Emergency Medical Services for Children Day, which is a great time to spotlight one of the largest medical transport programs in the nation.By Eline deBruijn WigginsFor nearly 40 years, Teddy Bear Transport has extended the r...
By Megan Cole, Emergency Department Nurse, Cook Children's Medical Center
I have had the privilege of working in the Emergency Department at Cook Children’s for 10 years, with three of those years as a nurse. I often have people ask me, “How do yo...
When you think of the most common injuries around the Fourth of July, most of us immediately think of fireworks. But while many parents are overly cautious with their children around fireworks, statistics from Cook Children’s Trauma Department show o...
Watch Dan Guzman, M.D., taking care of a patient in the Emergency Department at Cook Children’s and he’s the model of cool under pressure. It’s his environment and he’s in control.
But when his daughter was diagnosed with pneumonia and admitted to...
With three boys in a house, ranging from 7 years old to 6 months, the Slaydons knew about the importance of child-proofing their home.
After all, they’d already seen one rough and tumble boy try to wreck the house and put everything in his mouth, ...
You may want to double check your child’s wish list to Santa to have a safe holiday season.
Corwin Warmink, M.D., medical director of the Emergency Department at Cook Children’s, knows that guns will be a popular gift this holiday season for not o...