hearing protection for pediatric patients

[edendupont at aol.com]

 It is easy to provide ear protection for the little tykes. Your program could easily cut the traditional disposable ear plugs in half diagonally and reinforce with a ball of cotton with paper tape. OR the traditional towel roll padding with the same cotton ball/ puff when in c-spine. 
I applaud your interest in protecting the hearing of our tiny patients. :)

 
Eden Du Pont, RN, BSN, PHN, CFRN, NREMT
Flight Nurse, CQI Liaison
Medi-Flight
1700 Coffee Road
Modesto, CA 95355
209.409.4350 cell
209.572.7149 dispatch

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-----Original Message-----
From: Gurkan Ozel <rescuemedic at gmail.com>
To: flightmed at flightweb.com
Sent: Sun, Nov 8, 2009 7:18 pm
Subject: hearing protection for pediatric patients










Hi all,

I would like to get your suggestions on hearing protection for pediatric
patients during the HEMS flight. We provide earmuffs for our adult patients
but they tend to be oversized for pediatric population. Some of those kids
get anxious with the noise. Some of our flights near two hours and I would
like to make their flight as comfortable as possible. Do you think simple
ear plugs work for those who cannot wear earmuffs? I believe isolettes are
enough in order to provide noise reduction for the newborns, or should we
concern about them as well?


I appreciate your inputs.


Regards,


Gurkan Ozel
Kocoglu Air Ambulance
Ankara, TURKEY
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