Pediatric Trauma & Burn

Pediatric Burn Referral 24 hour Hotline: 210-358-2876

Pediatric Trauma and Burn Clinic: 210-358-0500

Trauma kills more children than all other causes combined. Deaths for children 18 and under number more than 12,000 each year in the U.S., according to the National Trauma Institute.

At University Hospital’s Janey Briscoe Children’s Center (9th floor, D elevators), we provide expert care for seriously injured children and a full-service burn program for children.

If your child is seriously injured and taken to University Hospital, he, or she, will be immediately evaluated by our waiting trauma team. Lab work, X-ray and CT scans will be done, and a trauma surgeon will inform you of your child’s injuries and plan for care. Your child may need immediate emergency surgery or may receive other treatment or care in the hospital.

Our Pediatric Trauma Team includes:

Child Life Specialists
Pediatric Critical Care Nurses & Staff
Pediatric Ophthalmology
Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgeons
Pediatric Otolaryngology
Pediatric Radiology
Plastics and Reconstructive Surgeons
Rehabilitation Medicine
Trauma Surgeons
Urology And, Pediatric Specialists in: Cardiology, Endocrinology, Neurology, Gastroenterology, Hematology-Oncology, Neonatology, Nephrology

After surgery, your child will be moved to our Pediatric Intensive Care Unit in the Janey Briscoe Children’s Center on the ninth floor, which provides critically-ill and injured children a low nurse-to-patient ratio and a staff of faculty pediatricians with extensive experience handling even the most complex cases.

Our Mission

To provide comprehensive, cutting edge, and around the clock multi-disciplinary trauma and burn care to the seriously injured children of South Texas and beyond by highly-trained trauma surgeons and a team of pediatric specialists who are interested in the care of children.