In this video, Child Life Specialist at Boston Children’s Hospital, Kate Huyler, outlines the role of a child life specialist, reviews coping strategies for patients in the ICU, including the use of playtime and behavioral distraction techniques, and provides other helpful child life skills tips that physicians and nurses can incorporate into their daily practice.

OPENPediatrics™ is an interactive digital learning platform for healthcare clinicians sponsored by Boston Children’s Hospital and in collaboration with the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies. It is designed to promote the exchange of knowledge between healthcare providers around the world caring for critically ill children in all resource settings. The content includes internationally recognized experts teaching the full range of topics on the care of critically ill children. All content is peer-reviewed and open access-and thus at no expense to the user.

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