Comfort Promise for school-age children | AboutKidsHealth at The Hospital for Sick Children

Описание: Decreasing pain in patients can help improve their overall hospital experience and has been shown to positively benefit recovery. Comfort Promise pain management techniques are offered to all patients. For school-age children this includes numbing cream, comfort positioning and distraction.

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VIDEO TRANSCRIPT

Decreasing kids pain can help improve the overall hospital experience. And has been shown to positively benefit recovery too. As part of the comfort promise at SickKids, school-aged kids and teenagers will be offered the following three techniques to help reduce needle poke pain.

Numbing cream. Numbing cream helps to reduce needle poke pain by numbing the area that the cream is applied to. This cream will be placed on the skin before the needle poke by your healthcare provider. Numbing cream needs at least 30 minutes to work and can stay on the skin for up to two hours. Please speak to your health care team if you want to buy numbing cream before your appointment.

Comfort positioning. Being in a comfortable position helps kids and teens relax and stay still during a painful procedure. To minimize anxiety avoid laying flat. For kids and teens, sitting upright is always best with a parent or caregiver nearby but always ask what the child prefers.

Distraction. Distraction is helpful for all ages to reduce pain. Distraction shifts the child's focus from the needle to something more soothing. Some kids at this age might prefer to watch the procedure, so make sure to provide them with this option too. Phones, music, books and video games, or just having a conversation with the child, are great ways to distract school-age kids and teenagers. The healthcare team at SickKids will offer these techniques to all patients. Parents, you know your child best.

Discuss with your health care team to learn more and develop a comfort promise plan for your child.