VR headsets help children’s patients in North Dakota
Specially designed sets ease anxiety, prepare kids for procedures
Written by Jason Anschutz SanfordHealth.org
Sanford Bismarck has a new tool to help kids make it through their most uncomfortable checkups. Three new virtual reality headsets have been added to Sanford’s child life program to help children reduce their anxiety prior to procedures, and take the attention away from pain.
“I get the unique opportunity to work with kids who maybe come to our hematology oncology clinic monthly and have frequent infusions, or where maybe it’s the first IV they’ve ever had or lab draw or something, and honestly, it works amazing,” said Melissa Schmautz, lead child life specialist at Sanford Bismarck in North Dakota. […]