Pediatric Critical Care Medicine in Wisconsin, Onalaska

The main conditions that can cause a child to an unstable and critical:

• Serious injury after accidents;
• Drowning;
• Diabetic ketoacidosis;
• Severe pneumonia;
• Severe asthma;
• Color of the skin. Leather white or very pale may indicate a low pressure or circulatory arrest. Skin color blue or cast  iron is a primary respiratory arrest.

The main objectives of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine:

1. Preparation and conduct of anesthesia in children. In cases when a child is in serious condition, his is necessary prepare for surgery and anesthesia. The duration of such training may vary from a few hours to several days or more.

2. Intensive therapy in the immediate postoperative period, until the restoration of basic vital functions.

3. Functional and biochemical studies in children before surgery, in the process surgical intervention and anesthesia, in postanesthetic and postoperative periods; in children of a nonsurgical profile, needing intensive care and resuscitation.

4. Consultations sick children in the hospital when the need arises. Consultation and examination of patients after surgery.

Children's doctors Reanimatologists must be present in the hospital around the clock. In case of emergency, reanimatologist provides all possible assistance, and transmits patient to other doctors - to the therapist, rheumatologist and other specialists.

 Diagnosis and treatment

In order to the doctor was able to quickly put the correct diagnosis and begin treatment for it has a private laboratory in which can explore even the most sophisticated analysis as soon as possible.

 In cases of occurrence of emergencies related to the health of the child, children's resuscitation - is the place where to the parents have to go. Timely taken by the doctor measures can save the life of the baby and prevent serious complications.