Critical Care / Patricia Allen Fund

The best—and ONLY—place kids can go for life-saving care.

Whether it is a split-second crisis, or a prolonged health journey, the Critical Care team and program at Oishei Children's Hospital is here FOR the moms, kids and babies facing the most urgent health situations.

Fueled by the Patricia Allen Fund, the Critical Care Team at Oishei Children's Hospital is able to do what they do best: provide compassionate, world-class care to our community's moms, kids and babies by having the best state-of-the-art equipment and technology and training and education for staff and support programs.

Your gift supporting Critical Care through the Patricia Allen Fund supports the region’s only Level I Pediatric Trauma Program, Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU), Level IV Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), pediatric hematology/oncology program, and pediatric and neonatal transport teams. 

 OCH critical care by the numbers:

• 433 trauma admissions or activations
• 741 pediatric transplants
• 1,066 pediatric intensive care unit stays annually
• 46,569 emergency department visits annually
• 400+ annual oncology/hematology stays