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Practical communication guide for paediatric procedures
Author(s) -
Stock Amanda,
Hill Amber,
Babl Franz E
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
emergency medicine australasia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.602
H-Index - 52
eISSN - 1742-6723
pISSN - 1742-6731
DOI - 10.1111/j.1742-6723.2012.01611.x
Subject(s) - medicine , distress , sedation , medical emergency , clinical practice , emergency department , intensive care medicine , medical physics , nursing , anesthesia , clinical psychology
Children undergo many diagnostic and therapeutic procedures in the ED . Although emergency staff can often intervene to reduce physical pain through topical anaesthesia, analgesia and sedation, much procedural distress can be addressed by better preparing patients and families for the procedures. A key to guiding children through procedures is the use of age‐appropriate and non‐threatening language by all clinicians involved. We present a practical language guide for procedures and equipment for use by clinicians in the ED before, during and after procedures. The language tables might be most usefully placed in the procedure rooms for easy reference or incorporated into clinical practice guidelines.