"Do you know ..." is an educational series for patients and their families.
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About Fentanyl patches - Do You Know Educational Series
Fentanyl (also called Duragesic) is a medicine called an opioid or a narcotic. It is used to reduce pain. The fentanyl patch is a way of giving your child this pain medicine.
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About patient controlled analgesia (PCA) - Do You Know Educational Series
Patient controlled analgesia (PCA) is a way to provide pain medicine using a pump. The PCA pump allows the patient to safely give himself pain medicine when he needs it most.
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Buzzy® device for pain relief
The Buzzy® Pain Relief Device can help your child have less pain from shots and other procedures that use needles.
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Epidural pain relief - Do You Know Educational Series
An epidural catheter is a small tube connected to a pump. The pump gives your child a small amount of pain medicine at all times.
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Nerve block injections and infusions - Do You Know Educational Series
When pain medicines are given directly to nerves, it blocks pain without making your child feel sleepy. A nerve block injection is a single shot. A nerve block infusion is given through a tube connected to a pump.
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Using lidocaine to reduce needlestick pain - Do You Know Educational Series
Some treatments, such as starting an IV or putting a needle in a port, are painful. Whenever possible, your child should have the option of not feeling this pain. Lidocaine cream and the J-Tip® can be used to numb the skin first.
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Using the CADD-Solis pump for nerve block infusions - Do You Know Educational Series
The CADD Solis pump infuses a medicine called an anesthetic that lessens the feeling of pain. Using this pump will help your child feel less pain after surgery, and it also might help her need less pain medicine.
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What you can do to help your child in pain - Do You Know Educational Series
If your child is feeling pain, it is important that you tell his doctor or nurse right away. With treatment, most pain can be reduced easily.