Hospital Stays for Children and Teens

Children and teens who require hospitalization will be treated at Munson Medical Center in Traverse City. Munson Healthcare partners with Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital in Grand Rapids, Mich., and C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital in Ann Arbor if pediatric patients need a higher level of care. Munson Medical Center most often treats children who are hospitalized with respiratory disease, trauma, ingestion, infection, or childhood illness.

Our clinical and support staff are specially trained regarding the unique treatment for babies and children. Pediatric clinical staff has specialized training in sepsis (blood stream infection), newly-diagnosed juvenile diabetes, and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in babies. The skill set of pediatric nurses includes pediatric EKG, pediatric blood draws, pediatric IV starts, intensive monitoring, and aggressive treatment of pediatric pain.

Pediatric Hospitalists Specialize in Caring for Kids

Munson Medical Center is staffed with pediatric hospitalists around the clock, so specialty care is available for children 24/7. Pediatric hospitalists care for children in the hospital and coordinate treatment with the child’s primary care physician. The hospitalist works exclusively in the hospital and oversees the child’s care from the time of admission through discharge. Pediatric hospitalists examine, evaluate, order tests, prescribe medications, and follow the child’s recovery on a daily basis.