Pediatric Emergency Care
If a child cannot breathe, is unconscious, or is severely hurt or sick, it is a true emergency. Call 911 and get your child to the nearest hospital emergency room.
Mount Sinai specialists in pediatric emergency care are dedicated to treating infants and children who have serious health conditions that require immediate attention. At our hospitals wherever we offer emergency services, we are available to treat your child, 24-hours a day, seven days a week. During these times of stress, our staff cares for your child and supports your family when you worry most about your child.
Pediatric emergency care is available to treat your child for serious physical and emotional conditions. Our emergency room physicians are here 24-hours a day to address medical conditions, sudden extreme injuries, to perform surgery needed due to an accident, or if your child’s mental health is threatened.
We can help your child during any of the following situations with dangerous symptoms.
- A traumatic accident causes injury, such as when your child:
- Gets serious burns or smoke inhalation from a fire
- Has a drowning incident
- Is hurt in a car accident or fall
- Receives severe injuries to an arm, leg, or other parts of the body
- Serious symptoms occur, such as when your child:
- Becomes unconsciousness
- Chokes
- Develops an extremely high fever
- Experiences severe pain
- Has trouble breathing
- Suffers a seizure
- Vomits nonstop for a long period of time causing severe physical stress
- Surgery may be needed, such as when your child:
- Is cut and bleeding, and the bleeding cannot be stopped
- One or several teeth are forcefully knocked out
- There are other serious mouth or face injuries
- During an emotional and mental health crisis, such as when your child:
- Behaves in a changed and dangerous way
- Cannot be calmed or consoled while acting extremely irrational and confused
- Expresses suicidal thoughts or appears dangerously depressed
Our pediatric emergency specialists include nurses, social workers, and child life therapists, in addition to our pediatric emergency doctors who are on call to help your child and reassure you.
Emergency Care or Urgent Care?
Mount Sinai offers many options to fit your health care needs. In addition to our hospital emergency care locations, Mount Sinai has a network of urgent care locations and virtual care options .
Our urgent care locations offer extended-hours and no appointment-needed visits. Urgent care is available for times when your regular doctor is not available to treat non-life threatening illnesses like colds, allergies, and minor injuries.
Our Virtual Care options available through MyMountSinai is a flexible option for those with non-life threatening illness and are unable to travel to an urgent care or primary care physician.
Directions to the Children’s Emergency Department
The Children’s Emergency Department is located on the first floor at The Mount Sinai Hospital main campus at 1468 Madison Avenue at the corner of Madison Avenue and 101st Street.
We provide several options for patients and visitors to reach our Children’s Emergency Department. Whether you are driving, getting dropped off, or taking public transportation, we can help you get to our Children’s Emergency Department.
Drop-offs and Walk-ins
If you are dropped off or if you walk-in, enter through the Emergency Department front doors/main entrance. Proceed to the information desk and check-in area. Staff will direct you to the Pediatric Children’s Emergency Department.
Please note there is no parking in front of the entrance. We offer convenient parking options for patients and visitors.
By Car
If you arrive by car, enter through the Emergency Department front doors/main entrance. Proceed to the information desk and check-in area. Staff will direct you to the Children’s Pediatric Emergency Department.
Please note there is no parking in front of the entrance. We offer convenient parking options for patients and visitors.
By Public Transportation
If you arrive by public transit, enter through the Emergency Department front doors/main entrance. Proceed to the information desk and check-in area. Staff will direct you to the Children’s Emergency Department.
We can be reached via the following public transit routes:
- Subway line number 6
- Bus lines M1, M2, M3, M4, M96, M98, M101, M102, M103, M106
- Complete public transit information and maps can be found at Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) website