Leadership

• One of the first pediatric hosptials in the country to have instituted
      a rapid response team to reduce the numbers of
      cardiorespiratory arrests in pediatrics, 2004.

• First pediatric emergency department, dedicated solely to care of
      children-only Connecticut Level-I Trauma Center for Children.

• Only ECMO (extracorporeal membrane oxygenation) in Connecticut
      (life support for respiratory failure).

• Only pediatric sleep center in Connecticut.

• First NICU/Newborn Special Care Unit.

• World's first fetal cardiovascular center, 1984.

• New England's first in vitro baby, 1982.

• One of the first to routinely test newborns for Sickle Cell Disease,
      1972.

• One of the first to perform open heart surgery on children, 1950s.

• One of the first cystic fibrosis clinics, 1950s.

• First in natural childbirth with "rooming in of baby and mother",
      1940s.

• First regional children's heart/cardiology center, 1940s.