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Understanding Pain Handout
Knowing how pain works is key to learning how to prevent and manage it. This handout breaks it all down to make it easier for patients and providers.
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Pain Relief Toolkit for Those Affected By the War In Ukraine
We want to do all we can to support those affected by war. We collaborated with the Ukraine based organization Family Cirlce.
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Athlete’s Voices | The Zen of Sport: Mental Health, Wellness, and Social Connections
Examining the role of sports in addressing, supporting and managing mental health challenges, emotional and physical well-being, and life transitions.
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What is a Child Life Specialist and How Do They Help Your Family?
What is a child life specialist? So glad you asked! It’s a question that everyone interested in improving kids’ medical experiences should be asking.
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Comfort Positions: A Guide for Parents and Healthcare Professionals
This guide shows you how to keep kids safe, and help them feel supported, during medical procedures.
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Racial disparities in pain management: How the color of your skin can determine what kind of care you get
Racial bias impacts every aspect of healthcare, including pain treatment. Pretending otherwise perpetuates a system that creates needless suffering. It's time we do better.
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Pain Myths And Facts: How Bad Information Hurts Us All (Literally…)
Knowing the facts instead of the misconceptions can open up opportunities to avoid a whole lot of unnecessary suffering, for you, for your family (and for your patients if you are one of those amazing healthcare providers we love!).
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A Meg Foundation Success Story: Emi’s Journey Through Cancer to Recovery!
A dose of inspiration, a look at the long-term impact of good pain management skills, and why we do what we do!
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No Shame In This Game: Supporting Tweens and Teens Through Needle Anxiety
Being a teenager is all about independence and having more control of their lives. Needle fears can get in the way of them taking control of their healthcare. Here is what teens and their adults can do that really helps.
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Comfort Positioning Guide
Learn comfort positions that allow you to calm and comfort your child while keeping them safe!
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Treating Needle Fears May Reduce COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy Rates by 10%
A new large-scale study shows that a quarter of the UK adult population screens positive for a potential injection phobia.
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Efficient procedural pain best practices summary article from the Canadian Medical Association
This articles outlines the recommendations for procedural pain clinical protocols, including a very useful evidence summary. This also reflects the recommendations of the World Health Organization, the American Academy of Pediatrics, and nearly every other pediatric organization in the world. Available open source.
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