3 areas every healthcare provider can influence to improve children's pain care

Mar 14, 2018

With millions of children facing surgery related pain and another 40% of children dealing with chronic pain, learn what 3 pillars determine the quality of their pain care, what factors have major influence on these areas, and what considerations by healthcare providers, administrators and agencies can improve the future of pediatric pain care. 

Takeaways from this episode

• Major barriers to effective pain care of children’s pain
• Common myths and misconceptions about children’s pain
• IASP recommendations on wait times and how well we score on that benchmark for pediatric pain
• Contributing factors to the barriers to pediatric pain care
• How a mis-step in the 1940s hijacked the pediatric pain treatment efforts
• An often misunderstood special power of children that clinicians need to harness for optimizing treatment outcomes.
• Important elements to consider for designing effective solutions for pain care in children.

Links Included in this episode

Pedia Pain Focus podcast episode 1

https://www.iasp-pain.org/Guidelines

www.proactivepainsolutions.com/contact