Emergency Medicine residents play an active role in this process. The hospital is a regional center for neonatal intensive care and offers specialized services in clinical genetics and cardiac surgery. Emergency residents spend one month during their PGY-3 at Valley Children's Hospital in the pediatric critical care unit. This month offers excellent opportunities for management of the high acuity pediatric patients. During this month, residents perform numerous pediatric endotracheal intubations, central lines, and intraosseus lines under the supervision of pediatric intensive care specialists.
Elective time is available.
Valley Children's Hospital is the principal site for the inpatient pediatric residency training program. Our residents feel comfortable and knowledgeable in directing the care of high and low acuity pediatric emergency department patients after finishing their UCSF-Fresno Emergency Medicine Residency. St. Agnes Medical Center St. Agnes Medical Center is local private hospital with 33,000 emergency visits annually. Specialized services include advanced interventional cardiology and cardiac surgery, a breast imaging center, and an area wide hospice for both adults and children. The Emergency Department is staffed by residency trained, board certified Emergency Physicians.