Attitudes Regarding Parental Presence During Medical Procedures

Teaching parents how to comfort their children during common medical procedures.

“…Our work confirms the report by Merritt et al 8 We found that most physicians and nurses believe parents should always or often be present for venepuncture, laceration repair, intravenous cannulation, and arterial blood sampling, but not lumbar puncture or suprapubic aspiration.4 Unfortunately, our observational work (cited above) suggests that fewer parents are present than the responses to these surveys indicate.…”

Emergency Department Management of Pain and Anxiety Related to Orthopedic Fracture Care

“…Parental accompaniment of a child during painful procedures is Patients who are to be admitted from the ED to the operative likely to decrease the child's distress, and is greatly desired by suite for urgent fracture reduction under general anesthesia should children [15] and their parents, [15][16][17] even though both know the not be allowed to eat or drink. To reduce the risk of pulmonary parent can do little to alleviate procedure-related pain.…”

“…[20] tions. [16] Informed parents rarely interfere with the performance of Consultation with the anesthesiologist regarding these options is a procedure, [19] but preparation should be made for the possibility suggested. While waiting, patients can be made more comfortable of parental distress or syncope, for example suggesting that parby receiving an intravenous opioid (e.g.…”

Should parents accompany critically ill children during inter-hospital transport?

“…1 It is debatable however, whether parents should be present throughout every phase of their child's treatment, particularly during episodes that may involve risk. [2][3][4][5] Two situations often cited are the induction of anaesthesia, 6 7 or when cardiopulmonary resuscitation is required. 8 A third example, namely inter-hospital transportation of the critically ill child, has become increasingly relevant in the United Kingdom over the last decade.…”