{"id":202,"date":"2015-12-10T15:23:29","date_gmt":"2015-12-10T15:23:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/ob-ped\/?page_id=202"},"modified":"2023-08-20T22:11:40","modified_gmt":"2023-08-20T22:11:40","slug":"3-5-a-frightened-child","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/ob-ped\/lessons\/lesson-3-pediatric-emergencies\/section-iii-special-considerations-of-the-ill-or-injured-child\/3-5-a-frightened-child\/","title":{"rendered":"3-05. A FRIGHTENED CHILD"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A number of things frighten children who are either ill or injured. Included are the\u00a0following:<\/p>\n<p>a. Disability or discomfort. The child cannot always describe the pain.<\/p>\n<p>b. Presence of strangers and hospital personnel dressed in white.<\/p>\n<p>c. Separation from parents. His parents, his main support system, have taken\u00a0care of his hurts before. He will be more frightened if they are not with him.<\/p>\n<p>d. Atmosphere of panic, confusion, or distress. A child often senses a stressful\u00a0atmosphere from stories viewed on television programs or from the parent&#8217;s comments.\u00a0For example, the words &#8220;The nurse will give you a shot.&#8221; are very frightening to ill or\u00a0injured children.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A number of things frighten children who are either ill or injured. Included are the\u00a0following: a. Disability or discomfort. The child cannot always describe the pain. b. Presence of strangers and hospital personnel dressed in white. c. Separation from parents. His parents, his main support system, have taken\u00a0care of his hurts before. He will be &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/ob-ped\/lessons\/lesson-3-pediatric-emergencies\/section-iii-special-considerations-of-the-ill-or-injured-child\/3-5-a-frightened-child\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">3-05. A FRIGHTENED CHILD<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":42,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-202","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/ob-ped\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/202","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/ob-ped\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/ob-ped\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/ob-ped\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/ob-ped\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=202"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/ob-ped\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/202\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":581,"href":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/ob-ped\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/202\/revisions\/581"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/ob-ped\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/42"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/ob-ped\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}