These findings highlight the importance of developing interventions to help parents to best support and coach their children
during painful medical procedures right from their first needles as a baby.
Subsequently, participants were shown photos
of painful medical procedures performed on the hand, and asked to vividly imagine the pain of the depicted patient.
And preemies who had more exposure to
painful medical procedures were even more likely to have a reduced response.
An implant that responds to light — or that glows in the presence of certain compounds — could reduce the need for some painful medical procedures
Selected Accomplishments • Successfully put a terrified child at ease by talking to him throughout
a painful medical procedure • Wrote an informational booklet as part of the patient education program, resulting in increased awareness on the patients» end