Comfort Promise - Introduction | AboutKidsHealth at The Hospital for Sick Children

Описание: Learn about the Comfort Promise initiative at the Hospital for Sick Children. This initiative partners with patients and families to reduce need poke pain and anxiety in all patients. All children will be offered pain management techniques such as numbing cream, sucrose or breastfeeding (for babies under 18 months of age), comfort positioning and distraction.

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VIDEO TRANSCRIPT

As a Sick Kids patient, I know firsthand that needle pokes are no fun. Patient and their families say that the pain experience through needle pokes, such as for blood work, IV starts, or vaccination is one of the worst pains they experience while in hospital. That's why Sick Kids is implementing the comfort promise initiative, which partner with patients and families to help reduce needle poked pain and anxiety in all patients.

The Comfort Promise means that each child will be offered the following pain management techniques to create an individual comfort plan. These include cream to numb the skin, sugar water, sucrose, or breastfeeding for babies under 18 months, comfort positioning and distraction.

Decreasing kids' pain can help improve the overall hospital experience and has been shown to positively benefit recovery too.

For more information on the Comfort Promise initiative at SickKids visit https://www.sickkids.ca/comfortpromise and watch the video specific to your child's age.