Colorado (CO) Pediatric Emergency Medicine Doctors and Physicians
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Pediatric Emergency Medicine Information
Description
Pediatric emergency medicine deals with critical or emergency care of infants, children and adolescents. A pediatric emergency medicine physician has special knowledge and training in treatment and medications for children who are critically ill because of injury or disease. An emergency physician, also called an intensivist, acts immediately to prevent death or disability to a young patient in a hospital intensive care department or elsewhere if a patient requires emergency care.
Location Density Information
Doctor density varies by specialty and location. Colorado has
26 practicing
pediatric emergency medicine doctors. Broken out by city, pediatric emergency medicine doctor density
in Aurora is 25,
in Denver is 2,
and in Greenwood Village is 3.
Colorado Information
Colorado is the Centennial state; having won statehood in 1876. Its capital is Denver, called the “Mile High City,” because its altitude at the state capitol steps is 5,280 feet. Colorado’s population is 4,653,023, and over half the state’s population is in the Denver metro area. Known for its Rocky Mountains and abundant outdoor sports opportunities, such as skiing, hiking, fishing and hunting, Colorado also offers tourists Pike’s Peak, the Royal Gorge, and the Red Rocks outdoor amphitheater.
Denver is home to an active theater culture, a world-class symphony, and many sports activities. You can visit a gold mine, tour the state capitol building, climb a mountain, or relax in some therapeutic natural hot springs.
According to 2005 Census estimates, Colorado has a population of 4,665,177.
Of this population, 1,140,002 are under the age of 18
and 462,190 are at or above the age of 65.
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