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 ...

The game helps kids relax when it’s time to put on an anesthesia mask and fall asleep for surgery. A video game invented by a nurse practitioner at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital hopes to reduce the ...

Game uses the child’s controlled breathing to move cartoon animals on their tablet Hospitals can be scary places for children, especially if they need surgery. Even if they’re used to the beeping ...

PITTSBURGH, March 18, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- "I'm a surgical nurse and a mother, and I wanted to create a pediatric anesthesia mask with an incorporated pacifier to help comfort and soothe a child," ...

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 ...

Kids going in for surgeries requiring anesthesia may soon breathe a little easier, thanks to a video game designed by a nurse practitioner at Cincinnati Children’s that aims to allay any pre-op ...

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 surgery.Children's ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) — A Cincinnati nurse has ...