Resources in the "Non-Pharmacologic management" Category
Pain After Surgery in Children and Infants
Fact Sheet (3 pages) from International Association for the Study of Pain: 2017 Global Year Against Pain After Surgery. Available in several languages: https://www.iasp-pain.org/globalyear
Guidelines for Pain Assessment and Management for Neonates
Assessment and management of pain in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (7 pages with 9 references) Clinical practice recommendations with review of evidence.
Assessment and Management of Children with Chronic Pain: A Position Statement from the American Pain Society
Position statement on pediatric chronic pain: significance, conceptualization, assessment, treatment, professional education, research, policy. PDF, 4 pages with references
CCMC Sucrose Policy
Connecticut Children’s Hospital guidelines for the use of sucrose to manage pain in neonates and infants under 6 months old.
CCMC Massage Policy
Connecticut Children’s guidelines for message therapy to improve patient healing and reduce anxiety. Includes guidelines on how to perform massage therapy, and inclusion criteria for patients.
Care Plan – Poke and Procedure
To help individualize preparation for painful procedures, this is a checklist of comfort measures for painful procedures, such as sucrose, swaddling, imagery, breathing, Buzzy, and others.
Non-Pharmacologic Pain management
Slide presentation overview of when and why to follow non-pharmacologic interventions to reduce pain, produced by the Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne.
Therapeutic Massage Policy
Children’s Connecticut Medical Center’s guidelines for massage therapy as an intervention to promote comfort and reduce anxiety.