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.
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.
In her first video of 2021, Dr. Baxter covers the realities of a massive vaccine rollout. Is the COVID Vaccine roll-out as slow as we think it is? Are people jumping the line? What role might children’s hospitals play in vaccinating large numbers of adults? What about those new strains? These questions and many more, answered.
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.
Dr. Baxter is wearing her lab coat so you know she’ll be doing a deep science dive! She explains the promising COVID vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna.
Dr. Baxter covers the good (vaccines work!) and the bad (our total case number stinks) of our current COVID-19 posture.
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.
In case you hadn’t noticed, Flu season is here a smidge early this year. Here are some tips to keep you and your family safe.
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?”
As a pediatrician, I have a confession to make. I’m ashamed to admit that in residency I was amused when kids ramped up the drama getting shots.
This week is National Influenza Vaccination week (intentionally chosen because flu vaccination rates historically take a dip this week.
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