September 02, 2025

Keeping Your Child Healthy in Paducah, KY

Here at Baptist Health Medical Group Pediatrics, we provide comprehensive care for, infants from birth until school age, most of the time till eighteen years old. We're a comprehensive office, so pretty much anything you need, we can treat here. And we work closely with our ER physicians for anything we feel like we're not capable of treating, we talk with them. I think it's important for you to bring your child to the same person regularly, important for you to bring a child to the same person regularly, not only for well checks, but for sick visits, especially for milestones and development.

You can't judge that by one visit. I've gotta be able to get to know your kid and know how they've progressed over time. I'm gonna know what's normal for them. I'm gonna know what's abnormal for them, and I'm gonna be able to see more where I might need to intervene.

I don't want parents to be afraid to ask me things. I want them to come in my office knowing that I'm gonna listen and that I'm gonna do whatever I need to do because I want your kids to be healthy. So I'm gonna do my best to bring you the most evidence based practices.

I want people to not be afraid of vaccines. I want them to know that preventative care is always better than retroactively, you know, reacting to something once it's happened. And I think that's one of the main things for pediatrics is preventative care so we can keep your kids healthy.

Keeping Your Child Healthy Healthtalk Transcript

Rachel Schutt, DO, Pediatrics
Baptist Health Paducah

Rachel Schutt, DO:

Here at Baptist Health Medical Group Pediatrics, we provide comprehensive care for infants from birth until school age, most of the time until 18 years old. We're a comprehensive office — anything you need we can treat here. We work closely with our ER physicians; for anything we feel like we're not capable of treating, we talk with them.

I think it's important for you to bring a child to the same person regularly, not only for well checks but for sick visits, especially for milestones in development. You can't judge that by one visit. I've got to be able to get to know your kid and know how they've progressed over time. I'm going to know what's normal for them. I'm going to know what's abnormal for them. I'm going to be able to see more where I might need to intervene.

I don't want parents to be afraid to ask me things. I want them to come in my office knowing that I'm going to listen and that I'm going to do whatever I need to do because I want your kids to be healthy. I'm going to do my best to bring you the most evidence-based practices. I want people to not be afraid of vaccines. I want them to know that preventive care is always better than reacting to something once it's happened. I think one of the main things for pediatrics is preventive care, so we can keep your kids healthy.