In this episode, we welcome back to Outcomes Rocket one of our favorite guests in the show, Dr. Amy Baxter, Founder and CEO at Pain Care Labs. Dr. Baxter shares tips on how to make vaccinations easier as well as how to help those who experience needle trauma.
According to the NIH post on Buzzy, needle sticks from vaccinations or blood draws are the most common, and oftentimes most distressing, medical procedure for children and their parents. Read more about that post as well as see helpful links to additional resources, including the abstract and project documentation from the NICHD grant that supported the development of Buzzy.
Dr. Amy Baxter was one of several experts consulted for this article by Hillel Hoffmann for the Medical Bag website. There are several Q&A that help explain the impact of needle fear on public health. The medical community needs to recognize that needle fear is real and common.
Este Haim was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes at the age of 14. In this “Trust Me I Should Know” segment of The Strategist (New York Magazine), Este states that “Diabetes affects every part of my life.”
Pain Care Labs and Child-Friendly Hospital Foundation partner to reverse needle fear trend among pediatric patients and improve a child’s lifetime healthcare journey.
Addressing needle fear is critical to the public health plan for the rollout of the COVID vaccine. Dr. Baxter has researched vaccine refusal for 15 years. Her recent data indicates that identifying anxiety and reducing pain with the first injection could dramatically improve the second #COVID19 vaccine uptake by as much as 35% and help save lives.
As emergency departments become crowded with COVID-19 patients, and staff shortages continue to be a challenge, Buzzy can be a huge time-saving advantage over topical anesthetics.
In this remarkable and wide-ranging discussion she teaches about the research on needle fear and whether we might, with good intentions, be creating a lost generation of needle-phobic antivaxxers.
New research from The Journal of the American Medical Association (“JAMA”) covers concerns people have about taking the recently approved COVID vaccines. Dr. Baxter discusses several of these concerns.
Needle phobia is a direct threat to public health. Those who are afraid of shots may not get them. With COVID-19 upon us, addressing needle fear becomes more than making a doctor’s visit more pleasant. Now, it’s truly a lifesaving endeavor. In this article, Dr. Baxter discusses why needle fear and needle phobia are increasing and outlines multiple solutions.
As a researcher, I find the best scientists are those who digest a broad spectrum of data and find what isn’t there.
When I lecture on needle fear, someone – a scientist, a doctor, a public health policy guru – inevitably says, “Don’t you think parenting has something to do with it?”
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