Community Outreach

Pediatric mobile clinic program

UC Davis Health’s Pediatric Mobile Clinic provides health care services to historically marginalized populations in the Sacramento region and surrounding areas by leveraging expertise in general pediatrics, mental health, developmental and behavioral pediatrics, and asthma. The mobile clinic is run in partnership with local primary care networks, schools, community health centers, faith-based organizations, refugee resettlement agencies and other community agencies.

Project ADAM helps prepare park staff for cardiac emergencies

With a grant from the Arden-Arcade, Marysville and Elk Grove Rotary Clubs, the Mission Oaks Recreation and Park District is now able to respond to sudden cardiac arrest emergencies thanks to the installation of new Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs). Project ADAM Sacramento, a UC Davis Children’s Hospital cardiac emergency preparedness program, will provide staff with training on the AEDs and advise on how to implement a public access defibrillator program.

Transport team

UC Davis Children’s Hospital transport team is available to a 33-county area — and sometimes beyond — 24 hours a day, seven days a week. It is comprised of dedicated and experienced physicians and advanced role nurses from the Pediatric and Cardiac Intensive Care Unit and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Transport team members have extensive training and experience in specialized care and technology available for seriously injured or ill children, infants and newborns.

Youth heart event screens more than 500 kids and young adults

For the fifth year, we collaborated with the Kyle J. Taylor Foundation and Project ADAM Sacramento to provide free heart screenings to more than 500 children and young adults to identify youth with undiagnosed heart conditions. Participants received a cardiac risk assessment, an EKG, a physician review and CPR training. Some received follow-up echocardiograms on-site and many were referred to their primary care physician for follow-up care.

Seven NorCal community hospitals part of UC Davis’ regional network

We’re keeping families closer to home through our regional network, which is comprised of Barton Memorial Hospital, Adventist Health Lodi Memorial, Adventist Health and Rideout, Mercy Medical Center Redding, Mercy San Juan Medical Center, St. Joseph’s Medical Center, and Methodist Hospital of Sacramento. The partnerships are designed to increase the level of maternal and pediatric care available locally while decreasing the need for transfers to UC Davis, home to a level 4 NICU and PICU for the highest-acuity cases.

Public education through media outreach

The innovative UC Davis Children’s Hospital Media and Child Health Education Program provides training and opportunities for pediatric residents to gain media experience and educate the public about important child health issues. This year, residents:

• published two editorials
• made radio and television appearances as content experts
• and discussed child health topics on three podcast episodes.

Training pediatric anesthesiologists in country with critical shortage

Last fall, pediatric anesthesiologist Niroop Ravula, M.B.B.S., traveled to Lusaka in Zambia to train local anesthesiologists at the Lusaka Eye Hospital. He educated colleagues on current anesthesiology tools that are standard in the U.S., and shared his expertise on safety principles, crisis management in pediatric anesthesia and syringe labeling to reduce drug errors. Ravula’s trip was organized by Orbis International, a nonprofit that works around the world to prevent blindness and restore sight in places where eye care is out of reach. More than 25 patients were treated during his stay and local teams were also trained so that they could continue offering surgeries at the hospital.