• Our Emergency Department (ED) continues to experience very high volumes. Children are coming in for a variety of reasons, primarily related to COVID-19, other viruses, mental health concerns and normal childhood injuries.

  • Please continue to see low acuity complaints in outpatient settings to maintain capacity in the ED for higher acuity complaints. When referring a patient to the ED please call our Communications Center at 206-987-8899 and inform them that wait times are longer than usual and staff are working hard to see them as quickly as possible.
  • Our urgent care clinics are also experiencing high volumes. We appreciate your help in reminding families to schedule an appointment whenever possible to help them be seen more quickly. They can use our online scheduling system or call the hospital’s main number.
  • To determine if your patient needs emergency or urgent care, visit our “Emergency or Urgent Care?” page.
  • Western Washington continues to see high transmission of SARS-CoV2 in the community.  Hospitals across the state continue to report near 100% capacity.  Seattle Children’s has seen an increase in workforce testing positive for SARS-CoV2 but not at the levels that were seen during omicron.