628
Children in our Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
Facilities
The Studer Family Children’s Hospital at Ascension Sacred Heart
The Studer Family Children’s Hospital at Ascension Sacred Heart offers a wide range of services to meet all of a child’s medical needs, from a pediatric emergency room and pediatric oncology unit to our pediatric intensive care unit and pediatric surgical services.
As Northwest Florida’s only children’s hospital, Ascension Sacred Heart utilizes medical transportation – available day and night – to bring prematurely born, critically ill and injured babies and children to The Studer Family Children’s Hospital at Ascension Sacred Heart from hospitals across Northwest Florida, Southern Georgia and Southern Alabama. Ascension Sacred Heart utilizes both ground and air medical transportation to serve approximately 500 prematurely born and critically ill infants and children each year.
Our medical staff includes more than 120 board-certified physicians across 22 pediatric specialties. In addition to our medical staff, The Studer Family Children’s Hospital at Ascension Sacred Heart offers an entire team trained to care for children, including:
- Pediatric Respiratory Therapy
- Pediatric Dietitians
- Pediatric Physical, Speech and Occupational Therapy
- Pediatric Social Services
- Child Life Program
- Facility Dog Program
In fiscal year 2022-2023 The Studer Family Children’s Hospital at Ascension Sacred Heart cared for:
2,240
Premature and critically ill infants in our Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
4,600
Children in our Medical/Surgical, Hematology/Oncology, and Observation Units
4,189
Babies delivered at our hospital
Over 42,000
Children in our Pediatric Emergency Department with 7% admitted to the hospital
7,406
Children cared for in our Resident Clinic sponsored by Community Health Northwest Florida (CHNWF)
The Studer Family Children’s Hospital at Ascension Sacred Heart was completed in 2019. This four story, 152,000 square -foot building connects to the current women’s hospital by a ground level, glass-covered walkway and includes:
- Pediatric Emergency Department and Trauma Center, an expansion and relocation of Ascension Sacred Heart’s current Pediatric Emergency Department.
- Pediatric Operating Room Space, including six, pediatric-dedicated operating rooms and two procedure rooms.
- Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) with a total of 72 level II and level III beds. The expansion and relocation of Ascension Sacred Heart’s NICU enables The Studer Family Children’s Hospital at Ascension Sacred Heart to care for more premature and critically ill infants from across Northwest Florida.
- Pediatric Oncology, with an expanded nine bed inpatient unit to provide specialized, inpatient care for children with cancer. This unit includes an immersive movie room for our kids to hangout in as well as a playroom all to themselves. We also provide a separate family support room complete with washers and dryers as well as family style dining table and kitchenette.
- Fourteen observation beds represent a new inpatient unit for The Studer Family Children’s Hospital at Ascension Sacred Heart, caring for children who aren’t yet ready to go home.
- Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, 10 specialized beds dedicated to the care of the most critically ill children. Private rooms with family sleeping space and state of the art interactive murals.
- Ronald McDonald Family Room, featuring 3 sleeping rooms each with a private bathroom, fully equipped kitchen, dining room, living room, playroom, laundry facility, quiet room, and an additional bathroom and shower for families.
Contact Us
Danika Gretzinger, C-TAGME
Program Coordinator
Email: dgretzinger@ascension.org
5151 North 9th Ave,
1st Floor Medstaff/GME;
Pensacola, Fl 32504
Phone: 850-416-7658
Fax: 850-416-7658
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