There is nothing more painful than a burn injury. And having the dressing changed and the wounds cleaned and medicated can be excruciating, especially for the youngest patients. It is a normal practice to give children items like books and playing music to distract them but that is not really all that effective. Now the staff at Nationwide Children's Hospital has turned to high tech gadgets to solve the problem.
The nurses and doctors have turned to using virtual reality games. Depending on the degree of the burns, the follow up procedures can be mush worse than the pain from the injury. This produces anxiety. Once the patient has been thought it once, they know what to expect and the anxiety builds up and anxiety can cause more pain. Distracting a patient can greatly reduce the level of anxiety.
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The nurses and doctors have turned to using virtual reality games. Depending on the degree of the burns, the follow up procedures can be mush worse than the pain from the injury. This produces anxiety. Once the patient has been thought it once, they know what to expect and the anxiety builds up and anxiety can cause more pain. Distracting a patient can greatly reduce the level of anxiety.
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