The surgical team wears masks in the operating room to reduce the risk of the patient getting an infection. This is only part ...

The anesthesiologist lowers a drug-filled mask over the terrified child's face, holding it in place until the youngster goes limp and the screaming stops. Often, that's how children are put to sleep ...

Imagine being a child being prepped for surgery, surrounded by scalpels and strangers wearing masks, hats and gloves. An anesthesia mask hovers over your face in a brightly lit operating room. Sounds ...

DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) — A Cincinnati nurse has invented a first-of-its-kind video game to help ease kids’ anxiety before surgery. Abby Hess is a nurse practitioner at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital who ...

Surgery can make anyone anxious, but it is especially hard for young children. Kids going into surgery may be separated from their parents for the first time in a frightening new environment, and they ...

CINCINNATI (WLWT) — Cincinnati Children’s is the first medical center in the United States to pilot a video game to help children relax when they need to receive anesthesia before falling asleep for ...

It’s hard for health care workers to escape potentially infectious particles in an operating room. Surgical teams are forced to work close to a patient, whose every exhale can fill the area with ...

Nationwide, in our country, cases and deaths from COVID-19 continue to increase. Living amidst an ongoing pandemic forces us to make hard choices, often with uncertain outcomes; recently I faced a ...