Pain Awareness Month – Virtual Reality In Pain Management
As part of Pain Awareness Month, we would like to highlight our current newsletter featuring a section on Virtual Reality in Pain Management. Advances in technology are showing promise in helping decrease pain in children and youth, check out four fantastic articles reviewing several strategies for implementing technology as a tool in managing pain. CLICK […]
September is Pain Awareness Month
September is Pain Awareness Month! Our Society strives for “Better Care for Children in Pain” and we are proud to raise awareness of pain in children and youth. Our president, Dr. Robert Wilder, shares a message for our membership as we kick off our campaign and spread the word that poorly treated pain in the […]
The Project ECHO Team at Dartmouth-Hitchcock invites you to join – Kids in Pain: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Pediatric Pain Management
The Project ECHO Team at Dartmouth-Hitchcock invites you to join – Kids in Pain: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Pediatric Pain Management Starting April 20, 2021 and continuing every other Tuesday from 12:00-1:00 pm ET. Chronic pain has a profound impact on children’s function, mood, and quality of life. This course will engage participants in how […]
Article of Interest: Emergency Department Strategies to Combat the Opioid Crisis in Children and Adolescents
New article published in Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians focuses on the effects of the opioid crisis on children and adolescents and is intended to inform institutional policies, improve education, advocate for evidence-informed guidelines, and improve the care of children affected by the opioid epidemic who are seen in the emergency department. […]
US Pain Foundation publishes Pediatric Pain Report
In early 2021, the Pediatric Pain Warrior program at U.S. Pain Foundation surveyed 125 families with one or more children living in pain. The results paint a portrait of families and children affected by chronic pain whose needs are not being met. Read the full report HERE.