Emergency Care

Project Desciption Overview After being triaged in the hospital emergency department, a procedure that takes approximately 10 minutes, children are typically transferred to a single patient waiting room. Here they spend between two to six hours before receiving treatment. The medical professionals who must perform sometimes unpleasant and painful procedures on these young patients are often not well prepared to handle anxious children. Having waited several hours for an often-uncertain treatment can further contribute to the stress and anxiety that children experience, further complicating treatment. However, the waiting period also presents an opportunity to assess, and if needed intervene, to counteract and reduce anxiety in the young patients before they are met by medical professionals. ...