Tel. 937-461-5020

Medical Director: David P. Meagher Jr, MD

Location information: 
The Children's Medical Center of Dayton
One Children's Plaza
Dayton, OH 45404

Trauma coordinator: Lisa Schwing, RN

The trauma team at The Children's Medical Center of Dayton provides specialized care for injured children in the Miami Valley region. The trauma team is available 24 hours a day to direct emergency resuscitation of the critically injured child. The service cares for children with unintentional and intentional injuries whose mechanisms of injury include motor vehicle crash, burn, fall, animal bite, assault, bicycle accident, recreational activities and child abuse.

Trauma center receives Level II pediatric trauma center re-verification from the American College of Surgeons in 2008.

Services available

• Pediatric trauma team
• Immediate, specialized care for multisystem injured children
• Pediatric mobile intensive care unit
• Injury prevention outreach program
• Access to pediatric subspecialists in approximately 35 subspecialty areas
• Trauma registry
• Trauma nurse care course - internationally recognized trauma certification

Pediatric trauma guidelines poster

Referral Information:

Hours

24 hours a day, seven days a week

Phone

937-641-5020, David P. Meagher Jr, MD

937-641-3398, Lisa Schwing, RN