Helping your child cope with pain

The treatment team is committed to helping children deal with the pain related to injury and treatment.   Your doctors will be prescribing medication that will help to keep your child comfortable. 

Resources
Children’s painful procedures and operations – how can parents help?  Section in Kidshealth a website in New Zealand. http://www.kidshealth.org.nz/index.php/ps_pagename/contentpage/pi_id/108

Booklet Helping Your Child Cope with Pain - developed by Mass General Hospital http://www2.massgeneral.org/painrelief/Helping%20Your%20Child%20Cope%20with%20Pain.pdf  
Booklet “Helping Your Child with Medical Experiences: A Practical Parent Guide” developed by the Children’s Hospital in Boston Mass.  http://www.experiencejournal.com/cardiac/clinic/parentguide.pdf#15