Emergency Preparedness
Children's Hospital New Orleans has plans in place and is ready to act when emergencies affect our area. Similarly we encourage you to be prepared to implement your emergency plan for yourself and family.
Our emergency preparedness plan is designed to ensure the safety of our patients, and staff. In preparing our plan we worked closely with state and local governments, the Louisiana Hospital Association, LCMC Health, our medical staff and employees.
Winter Storm Update:
Updated 01.24.2025, 9:00 am
Following this week's winter weather event, all Children's Hospital New Orleans services, including clinic and outpatient appointments, have returned to normal operations as of Friday morning, January 24. Please use caution as you are traveling throughout the area as there are still patches of snow and ice on our roadways and overpasses. Visit the DOTD website for the latest on road conditions at this link: 511LA| LA Traffic | Trip Planner | Road Conditions
Please stay safe and follow necessary precautions.
Children's Hospital has plans in place to ensure the safety of our patients, families and staff
When severe weather threatens New Orleans, LCMC Health and Children's Hospital will activate our emergency plan to provide patients, their family members, and staff with up-to-date information regarding our preparations, announcements about closing and reopening the facilities, and other relevant instructions. In addition, www.lcmchealth.org and www.chnola.org will be updated with vital information.
Please visit this webpage for additional updates. Thank you.
Visitation:
Clinic updates:
Elective procedures:
Prescription hotline:
Pharmacy update:
Employees and providers:
Weather and safety resources:
- FEMA disaster assistance
- Get A Game Plan
- Entergy Outage Map
- Rx Open
- NOLAReady
- Ready America
- National Weather Service