A Dubuque hospital is the first hospital in Iowa to be recognized for readiness to provide emergency care for children in a new program that will soon be expanded across the state. MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center served as the pilot hospital for the stateās new Iowa Pediatric Emergency Assessment and Care recognition Program. This program will help train emergency room staff as they stabilizeĀ pediatric patients before they are sent to other area pediatric hospitals such as UW Hospital in Madison or University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City.Ā
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