Children's Emergency Services

Don't take your child to an adult focused emergency center when you have the choice!

Why to Choose Covenant Children's:

1. We were the first and are now the longest running dedicated pediatric Emergency Center in the Region - open 24/7, 365 days a year

2. Staffed by physicians and registered nurses specially trained in pediatric emergency care - such as Board-certified Pediatric Emergency Medicine physicians

   • At other facilities your child may not even see a pediatrician, let alone a Pediatric Emergency Medicine physician!

3. We were the first, and remain the ONLY, Level II Pediatric Trauma Center in Lubbock

4. When compared to adult emergency centers, and adult emergency centers also seeing pediatrics, we typically have significantly shorter waits before your child is seen by a provider and discharged

5. We are a Regional Leader in Pediatric Emergency Preparedness - We know pediatrics. With that in mind we offer emergency department readiness assessments to regional hospitals to help them assess their current ability to best care for pediatric patients and then we offer specific recommendations and resources to them to better prepare them to care for pediatric patients that will undoubtedly show up in their facilities at some point.

About Our Emergency Center

Our emergency center consists of 12 rooms and 2 trauma bays.

Us saying don't go to an adult-focused ED isn't just marketing - it's important you understand what care your child is receiving. In fact, using a standard readiness assessment tool, EDs with high pediatric readiness have been shown to have significantly lower patient mortality/death, with about a quarter the deaths of hospitals with low pediatric readiness. This is due to the need for specialized equipment, policies and procedures, staff training, etc.

Covenant Children’s offers all the medical specialties your child will need in an emergency:

• Trauma surgery
• Neurosurgery
• Orthopedic surgery
• Pediatric anesthesia
• Intensive care

Other features include:

• All private exam rooms
• Separate triage rooms to reduce waiting times and enhance patient privacy
• Dedicated pediatric trauma bays with appropriate instruments for children
• Nurses educated, trained, and certified in pediatric emergency nursing
• Access to Child Life specialists, who aim to help minimize psychological and emotional trauma
• Convenient location immediately adjacent to Imaging department

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Obstetric Emergency Services

Covenant wants mothers who are experiencing complications to be seen right away by an in-house, board-certified OB/GYN, who can provide care until the patient's own doctor can evaluate the mother and baby’s condition. Our hospitalist physicians work with your primary OB/GYN provider to give immediate care and help make decisions about hospital admission or discharge. To learn about the Obstetric Emergency Department please click here.

If you need immediate care, please present through the Children's Hospital Main Entrance at 4000 24th St.