Illinois (IL) 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. Illinois has
52 practicing
pediatric emergency medicine doctors. Broken out by city, pediatric emergency medicine doctor density
in Arlington Heights is 3,
in Aurora is 1,
in Burr Ridge is 4,
in Calumet City is 1,
in Chicago is 27,
in Elk Grove Village is 3,
in Evanston is 1,
in Glenview is 2,
in Hinsdale is 1,
in Hoffman Estates is 1,
in Maywood is 1,
in Naperville is 6,
in Niles is 1,
in Oak Lawn is 1,
in Peoria is 1,
in Rock Island is 1,
and in Springfield is 1.
Illinois Information
Most people think that Chicago, because of its size and popularity, is Illinois’ capital city, but that distinction belongs to Springfield, home of the Abraham Lincoln Museum. Illinois has hundreds of museums, numerous yearly art and ethnic festivals, a lakeshore bordering Lake Michigan, and the many national forests and parks that offers visitors camping, horseback riding, biking, kayaking, and fishing.
Chicago is home to the Sears Tower, the Shedd Aquarium, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Adler Planetarium, the Museum of Science and Industry, and other cultural opportunities and restaurants in the Navy Pier area.
According to 2005 Census estimates, Illinois has a population of 12,763,371.
Of this population, 3,172,677 are under the age of 18
and 1,523,937 are at or above the age of 65.
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