AboutKidsHealth – Comfort Promise Module
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Category:
Pain Treatment - Non-pharmacologic, Pain Treatment - Pharmacologic, Pain Treatment - Topical.
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Age Range:
Age 0-12m (Infant), Age 01y-11y (Child), Age 12y-18y (Adolescent).
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Tags:
Comfort, Needle pokes, Procedures, Sucrose, Topical, Vaccinations.
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Type of Document:
Education for Parents/Community.
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Type of Pain:
Acute.
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Author:
Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), Toronto, Ontario, CA
Access this Comfort Promise Bundle to find out how a healthcare team can use numbing cream, sucrose or breastfeeding, comfort positions and/or distraction to reduce the pain of vaccinations, IV insertions, and other needle pokes.