Provider ToolKit

This interactive eBook makes it easy to learn all the ways our free pain management resources can be used to make life easier for you and your patients.

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About This Resource

We all have the same goal: improve the experience of your patients, their families and YOU. This eBook guide outlines the what, the why, and the HOW of good pain procedural management for medical providers. It includes roadmaps, checklists, videos, and downloadables for your free use. It includes suggestions for how these tools can improve your workflow.

How To Use This Resource

Check out and/or download the eBook. Explore the digital and downloadable tools that are freely available for your team to use. Choose what works best for your patient population and workflow, and reach out to us for any questions or suggestions.

Who Is This For

Healthcare providers such as Doctors, Nurses, Child Life Specialists and Phlebotomists. It can also be used by families to give to their providers to improve collaboration.

Downloads

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.

Downloads

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.

Podcast

AAP On Call Podcast: Managing Fear of Needles

Dr. Jody Thomas and David Becker join the AAP’s podcast to talk through strategies for taking the pain and fear out of vaccinations.

Article

World Health Organization: Reducing pain at time of vaccination position paper

This position paper, released in September 2015 reviews the research, and outlines the recommendations for managing vaccination pain.

Blog Post

Doctors Can Have Needle Fear Too! Helpful Strategies From a Needle Phobic Doctor

Dr. Kevin M. Windisch is a pediatrician at Girls to Women/Young Men’s Health in Dallas, Texas. He’s spent over 25 treating patients and is well-loved by both patients and colleagues.

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A Note About Keeping This Free

Good pain care should be a right, not a privilege.

We’ve spent our careers treating pain and medical anxiety, and we know that comfort and control come from putting the power where it belongs: in your hands. Everything here is free and open source by design. No parent should have to pay to learn how to get their child through a vaccine or a bad headache. No provider should have to hunt for what they need to do their job well. Hundreds of thousands of people have used Meg tools, and not one of them has ever been asked to pay.

But free still costs something.

We rely on the generosity of people like you to keep it that way. It takes about 1 in 30 of us, each giving $15 a month, to keep these tools available for free. If they helped you and you’re able, $15 a month keeps these resources available the next time you or another family need them.

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— Dr. Jody, Founder and CEO

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