Read about pain assessment in babies (from newborns to one year olds). Both behavioral reactions and physical reactions to pain are assessed.
Babies can feel pain. Learn about ways pain in newborns and babies can be assessed and techniques that can help ease pain.
Find out how acute pain is identified and assessed, at home and in medical settings, in children not old enough to speak.
Learn about pain assessment of younger school-age children. By this age, children begin to develop a sense of cause and effect concerning their pain.
Learn about how pain is assessed in toddlers and preschoolers. At this age, children can usually indicate the amount, type, and location of pain.
Discover the signs of cancer-related pain in children and how cancer-related pain is assessed by the health-care team.
Discover how to assess acute pain in an older child (age six to 12) at home and in medical settings.
Infants and toddlers can experience longer-lasting pain from certain conditions and repeated procedures. Find out how to assess longer-lasting pain in infants and toddlers at home and in medical settings.
Pain treatment involves a mix of psychological, physical and pharmacological (medication) strategies. Learn more about the 3Ps for acute pain.
Find out how to treat and manage longer-lasting pain in infants.
Discover the signs of chronic pain in a young child and how chronic pain is assessed in medical settings.
Find out how to recognize the signs of chronic pain at home and how chronic pain is assessed in medical settings.
Play gives babies the opportunity for social interaction and learning. Find examples of appropriate toys for hospitalized babies from birth to 12 months.
Find out how to recognize the signs of acute pain at home and how your teen's pain is assessed in medical settings.
Find out how to assess acute pain in your young child (age two to five) at home and in medical settings.
Discover the signs of chronic pain in an older child and how chronic pain is assessed in medical settings.
Learn to differentiate between myth and truth concerning children's pain. There are many common misconceptions of pain that should be dispelled.
Read about mechanical ventilation and supplemental oxygen. Premature babies with lung complications often require supplemental oxygen.
Learn about the process and goals of pain assessment to provide the information necessary to initiate optimal pain treatment strategies.
This page give advice on how to relieve a child's pain at home.
Discusses pain management for common childhood pain and injuries such as ear infections, colic, and injections.
Crying in newborns is part of normal development. Learn how to effectively recognize the different types of cries your newborn baby might have.
Read about the Apgar score, which is used to assess a newborn baby's well-being using five categories: heart rate, breathing, muscle tone, reflexes and skin colour.
This page explains how a continuous opioid infusion gives a specific and constant amount of pain medication to your child through an IV.
