How can anesthesiologists make things easier for children?
When you see the great paediatric anaesthesiologists work, you really see the art of anesthesia. They come into the pre-operative area and from the minute they lay eyes on the child, they begin to bond with that child in some way, shape or form. They try to gain some knowledge of the child before they get in. If the child has an Xbox 360, if he has Shrek III paraphernalia, if he’s wearing Jordan’s, he’ll have something to have in common with that child or to talk to the child about; some way to bond with the child. Before you enter that child’s space, you want to have some relationship with the child. It takes a few minutes to bond and to get closer. You want to become that child’s friend and companion more than his physician when you first meet him. There are other ways to make the child comfortable. You may spend time and say, “You’re going to be an astronaut in the operating room” and introduce him to the mask and say, “You’re going to be wearing this mask. You’ll be breathing throu
