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Blowing Away the Pain: A Technique for Pediatric Pain Management
Author(s) -
Jacobs Adrian,
Price Harper N.,
Popenhagen Mark P.
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
pediatric dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.542
H-Index - 73
eISSN - 1525-1470
pISSN - 0736-8046
DOI - 10.1111/pde.12418
Subject(s) - medicine , pain management , distraction , acute pain , chronic pain , pediatric burn , physical therapy , anesthesia , surgery , neuroscience , biology
Painful medical procedures in childhood may have long‐term negative effects on development and future tolerance of pain. We describe a distraction technique for pediatric pain management that involves “blowing away the pain.” This technique may be used for acute pediatric procedures as well as for patients with chronic pain.