The hospital's new 'comfort promise' is designed to reassure kids who are nervous about needles.
Doctors and nurses know firsthand how quickly some kids can freak out about needles.That's one reason why Emerson Health in Concord, Massachusetts, is using a new system for giving shots.The change has already helped 9-year-old Violet.'It's not really that big of a deal to me,' she said. 'I'm not afraid to get a shot now.'Her parents credit the hospital's new 'comfort promise.' It's designed to reassure kids who are nervous about needles.
For teenage patients, the staff offers virtual reality goggles or fidget spinners.'It doesn't matter how old you are,' Hopley said. 'Children's memories are imprinted on their brain from very early on. That's why I think people are really thinking differently about pokes and needles for children — that it isn't, you know, 'Suck it up. He can do it.' It's like, how can we protect children emotionally from the trauma that's often around needle pokes.
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