Children's Emergency Department

The First of Its Kind in North Carolina

Our dedicated Children’s Emergency Department is the first freestanding facility of its kind in North Carolina.  Completely separate from our adult Emergency Department, the WakeMed Children's Emergency Department on our Raleigh Campus is designed especially for children, meeting both their medical and emotional needs. 

We deliver state-of-the-art emergency care in a way that helps children feel more relaxed and more receptive to treatment. Our facility is a non-threatening, comfortable environment with a cheerful atmosphere, bright murals, children's wall-art and child-sized furnishings.  Last year we cared for nearly 45,000 children ages infant to 17. Click here for tour information.

The Children's Emergency Department offers:

• A team of physicians, nurses, therapists and technicians specially trained in both emergency medicine and pediatrics
• 24-hour support from Wake County's only designated Trauma Center, located next to the Children's Emergency Department
• Child-sized instruments and equipment
• Child Life Specialists to calm children during treatment
• X-ray rooms with day-glow scenes when the lights go out
• The “Breezeway” – a breathing treatment room for asthma patients, featuring movies on a large screen
• Private treatment rooms decorated
  by kids for kids – all with kid-size
  equipment, televisions and videos
• A sibling playroom

Children's Care Throughout Wake County

We also offer emergency care for children at WakeMed Cary Hospital, located on Kildaire Farm Road in Cary. We extended the scope of our emergency care in North Raleigh in the spring of 2005, when we completed a $7.1 million construction project to build an emergency department at WakeMed North Healthplex.  Located on Falls of Neuse Road in North Raleigh, the facility serves both adult and children's emergency needs.