Hours

Our pediatric Emergency Departments are open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, including holidays. No appointment is necessary.

Wait times

We provide wait times for each of our pediatric Emergency Departments to help you decide where your child can receive care the fastest.

The Emergency Departments at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta serve kids, teens and young adults from birth to age 21* and are open 24 hours a day, seven days a week. No appointments are necessary to bring your baby, child or teen in. We treat serious or life-threatening illnesses, injuries and conditions, including:

• Asthma attacks
• Broken bones
• Burns
• Cast-related problems
• Choking
• Cuts or wounds
• Dehydration
• Fainting
• Fevers
• Flu
• Fractures
• Head injuries
• Lacerations
• Pneumonia
• Poisoning
• Rashes
• Rotavirus
• Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)
• Seizures
• Shock
• Sprains and strains
• Strep throat
• Swallowed objects
• Vomiting

Call 911 immediately if you think your child’s illness or injury is life-threatening.

*We treat children and young adults through age 20 until they reach 21 years of age.

At Children’s, we have three pediatric emergency and trauma care hospitals conveniently located throughout metro Atlanta:

• Children's Arthur M. Blank Hospital is located at the corner of I-85 and North Druid Hills in Brookhaven.
• Children's Hughes Spalding Hospital is centrally located in downtown Atlanta.
• Children's Scottish Rite Hospital is close to Interstate 285 and Georgia 400 in the Perimeter and Dunwoody area.

Arthur M. Blank Hospital
2220 N Druid Hills Rd NE
Atlanta, GA 30329

Hughes Spalding Hospital
35 Jesse Hill Jr. Drive SE
Atlanta, GA 30303

Scottish Rite Hospital
1001 Johnson Ferry Road NE
Atlanta, GA 30342-1605

Children are not small adults. Unlike most ERs, our pediatric Emergency Departments at Children’s have doctors and nurses who are board certified and specially trained in caring for children with urgent healthcare needs.

Our equipment and supplies, from arm slings to blood pressure cuffs, are designed specifically for kids of all sizes, and we know how to make you and your child as comfortable as possible during a difficult time.

Advanced trauma care

We combine advanced technology with dedicated, highly skilled physicians and staff to provide care for pediatric trauma patients.

Children’s is home to two American College of Surgeons (ACS) verified pediatric trauma centers: Arthur M. Blank Hospital is the only Level I pediatric trauma center in Georgia and Scottish Rite Hospital is one of only two Level II pediatric trauma centers in the state.

These national designations recognize that the centers provide the highest level of care for injured children at all times, as well as conduct trauma research to improve the care of children everywhere.

Our trauma centers include:

• Advanced trauma facilities in freestanding, dedicated pediatric hospitals
• Specialized pediatric supplies and equipment
• Team members with extensive training in pediatric trauma care
• Board-certified pediatric trauma surgeons and pediatric anesthesiologists available 24 hours a day
• Pediatric surgical subspecialty coverage, including interventional radiology, neurosurgery, orthopedics, plastic and reconstructive surgery, vascular surgery, otolaryngology (ear, nose and throat, or ENT), ophthalmology, hand surgery, cardiothoracic surgery, urology and oral and maxillofacial surgery
• Pediatric medical subspecialty coverage needed by trauma patients, including infectious diseases, critical care, cardiology, nephrology, hematology, pain relief, behavioral and mental health, child protection and pulmonology
• Pediatric inpatient rehabilitation
• A guest services liaison who is a specially trained family advocate that helps make your experience as positive as possible

When seconds count, Children’s has a pediatric-trained transport team to transfer critical patients to our three hospitals for treatment. Our transport team members have some of the most progressive training in the industry. They are trained to understand pediatric patients’ needs and the physical and emotional differences that make treating babies, children and teens unique.

• We have the only dedicated pediatric helicopters* in Georgia. They are customized for pediatric patients and ready to go at any time. The helicopters are the largest transport helicopters in metro Atlanta, as each can carry up to two patients, one parent and three healthcare providers. 
• We complete more than 5,000 ground and air transports each year. That means we have some of the highest totals for pediatric and neonatal transport in the nation.
• Our transport team travels more than 200,000 miles on the ground and flies more than 50,000 miles in the air each year. Our teams treat patients from all across Georgia and neighboring states.

*Metro Aviation Inc. conducts all flights and exercises sole operational control over all aircraft.