Call Responsibilities
WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER
PL-1:
Call Responsibilities
· Primary responsibility for all ward patients
· First call to ER for pediatric consults
· Discusses patient care issues with ward PL-2
· Carries WRAMC PL-1 pager
· Responsible for all admissions and H&Ps for all admitted patients
Duty Hours
· Attend ward check-out at 1700 on weekdays and 0830 on weekends
PL-2/PL-3 Ward Call:
Call Responsibilities
· Supervision of PL-1 in clinical decision making for ward and ER patients
· Writes resident admit notes on all pediatric admissions to the ward
· Evaluation of ER patients with the PL-1
· Receives outside phone calls from physicians, arranges transport to WRAMC and arranges pediatric admissions to Ward
· Communication with attending staff and consultant regarding ward/ER patients
· Performs pediatric consults as requested by surgical services on inpatients, discussed with attending staff
· Communicates with charge nurse regarding pediatric bed status
· Carries code pager
· Carries the parent advice pager (“Bruce” pager) – will answer calls to that pager if patient care duties permit, and will write AHLTA telephone consults accordingly
Duty Hours
· Attends ward check-out at 1700 on weekdays and 0830 on weekends
PL-2/PL-3 PICU Call:
Call Responsibilities
· Care of PICU patients
· Writes progress notes for PICU patients on Saturday and Sunday
· Discuss ward admissions/clinical management with PL-2 as needed
· Receives outside phone calls from physicians, arranges transport to WRAMC and arranges pediatric admissions to PICU
· Communication with attending PICU staff and consultants
· Provides supervision, advice, and assistance to ward PL-1 and PL-2 as needed
· Carries code pager
Duty Hours
· Attends PICU check-out at 1600 on weekdays and 0730 on weekends
NATIONAL NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER
NICU PL-1:
Call Responsibilities
· Medical management of NICU patients
· Communication with senior resident and neonatal fellow regarding medical management of NICU patients
· Attends all deliveries requiring pediatric services
· Carries Blue Bird pager
· Writes H&P (SF 535) on infants being admitted to NICU or MICC
Duty Hours
· Attends check-out at 1700 on weekdays
· Attends check-out and AM rounds at 0745 on weekends
NICU Senior Resident:
Call Responsibilities
· Supervises NICU PL-1 in the medical management of NICU and MICC patients
· Supervises the management of any emergent ER patients
· Attends all deliveries requiring pediatric services
· Carries Blue Bird pager
· Communicates with NICU fellow regarding management decisions for NICU and MICC patients
Duty Hours
· Attends check-out at 1700 on weekdays
· Attends check-out and AM rounds at 0745 on weekends