APP Clinical Immersion Program
Matt Wall
Applications will appear below when open.
Units at CHOP
Units at CHOP
This 74-bed, blended acuity, multidisciplinary unit serves critically ill children who require the most advanced diagnostic and therapeutic services. You’ll work with advanced technologies, including high-frequency ventilation devices, sophisticated neurological monitoring devices, Extra Corporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO), Peritoneal Dialysis, and Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy (CRRT).
Sub-units:
- PICU South: 24-bed unit with a mixed medical and surgical population. Patients require intensive care in a variety of medical subspecialties, including a specific subset of oncology receiving radioactive therapy.
- PICU Main: 26-bed unit with a mixed medical and surgical population. Patients require intensive care in a variety of medical subspecialties.
- PICU West: 24-bed unit predominately focused on neurocritical care patients. You'll also see patients that require pediatric intensive care.
Sub-units:
- NICU West 1: 17-bed unit that sees all surgical diagnoses (gastroschisis, congenital diaphragmatic hernia, omphalocele, tracheoesophageal fistula, etc.).
- NICU West 2: 24-bed unit focused predominantly on surgical diagnoses, but includes a mixed medical population.*
- NICU Central: 12-bed unit for surgical overflow, mixed medical population, and patients who need peritoneal dialysis therapy.
- NICU East: 24-bed unit with a mixed medical and chronic lung disease population (patients who require airway evaluations, potential trachs, etc.).
- NICU Northeast: 24-bed unit with mixed medical population, chronic lung disease population, the preemie core team, and the developmental care team. Approximately 20-25 micropreemie patients are admitted here per year.
*Mixed medical populations include birth trauma, sepsis, prematurity, respiratory distress, persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn (PPHN), meconium aspiration, and more.
Medical/Surgical Units
Medical/Surgical Units
5E is a 22-bed unit that typically provides care for all-aged patients who no longer require intensive care monitoring in the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (CICU). In addition, we occasionally care for patients from the general pediatric patient population.
The cardiac patient population transitioning from the CICU includes pre- and post-surgical/catheterization patients with a variety of cardiac defects, including TOF, TGA, and single ventricle. This patient population also includes medical management of non-lesion dependent cardiac disease such as myopathies, arrhythmias, and lymphatic disease.
The cardiac patient population transitioning from the CICU includes pre- and post-surgical/catheterization patients with a variety of cardiac defects, including TOF, TGA, and single ventricle. This patient population also includes medical management of non-lesion dependent cardiac disease such as myopathies, arrhythmias, and lymphatic disease.
Though closed on weekends and holidays, the clinic offers a nurse-staff phone triage every day. It also functions as an ER for CHOP’s Oncology population during the day.
This multidisciplinary team—including nurses, attendings, social workers, case managers, respiratory therapists, and Child Life specialists—partners on care management, nursing interventions, and discharge planning. The patient to RN ratio is typically 4:1.
Behavioral Health
Behavioral Health
Divided into child and adolescent units, our inpatient psychiatric program will serve a diverse group of youth ranging from 7 to 17 years old. Multidisciplinary teams include psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, psychiatric nurses, behavioral health clinicians, creative art therapists, behavioral analysts, and teachers. Care focuses on patient safety, developing appropriate coping skills, improving social functioning, decreasing maladaptive behavior, and more.
Our Crisis Response Center (CRC) will be open 24/7, providing crisis triage, evaluation, support, and community-based resources that promote wellness and help children thrive at home, school, and beyond. Three dedicated beds will serve as the Crisis Stabilization Unit (CSU) for those who do not meet inpatient criteria but need more structure and support prior to connecting with outpatient resources.