The Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne

For parents

How to help your child with tests and procedures-information for parents

• Sedation fact sheets
• Ways you can help your child or adolescent during procedures/tests
• Ways you can help your infant during procedures/tests
• Comfort positioning for your child
• Preparing your child for surgery- Where to find this FREE book.
• Preparing your child for CT scan and fracture clinic
• Fact sheets- list of fact sheets for a variety of tests/procedures

Sedation fact sheets

• Sedation (Nitrous Oxide) for Dental Procedures                     
• Sedation Nitrous Oxide Fact Sheet for Parents
• Sedation for procedures - for the inpatient
• Sedation using Midazolam
• Sedation using Chloral Hydrate

                       

Ways you can help your child or adolescent during procedures/tests

• Procedural Pain Management-tip sheet for parents

 

• A guide to relaxation breathing techniques for:
  • The child
  • The adolescent

 Parents/carers can make a difference during their child's procedures, please use the fact sheet as a guide to what can be done to make the child's procedure more comfortable. Ask the staff what choices are available to you and child, ask staff to support the techniques the child uses to cope with procedures, don't be shy to advocate on behalf of your child.

Provide comfort measures to the child by offering alternatives such as a toy, reading a book, holding a hand, sitting on your knee or lap while the procedure is being done.

Praise your child's efforts, try not to scold or punish the child for being scared or anxious during a test/procedure. It is normal for children to feel " scared" about a hospital, equipment and staff.

"Comfort positioning" during tests or procedures.

With a little creativity, these positions can be adapted to suit the child or procedure, isolating the body / extremity that is needed while allowing for ease and safe access. Using the concept of a " hugging hold' which is secure and comforting to child.

"Comfort Positioning" :                                              

• Child

Procedural Pain Management for Infants

• How sucrose reduces infant's pain during procedures
• Suggested positions for infants that promote comfort

Preparing you child for:

• Preparation for fluoroscopy
• Preparation for CT scan
• Preparation for fracture clinic
• Preparation for Nuclear Med

Find out about a specific procedure(s)

Welcome to the RCH Fact Sheets. They represent quality kids health information on a range of topics, and will be continually added to. If the topic you are looking for is not yet here, please contact us to let us know.

Please remember to read the RCH Fact Sheets disclaimer.

 Fact sheets available for the following procedures:  

• Capillary Sampling
• CT
• Colonoscopy
• Bone Marrow Aspirate
  • Liver biopsy
  • Lumbar Puncture
• MRI with contrast
• Nasogastric insertion
• Numclear Medicine
• Orthopedic
• Suprapubic Aspirate
• Urine test

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