King's takes younger patients on 'Little Journey' - Mirage News

A caller app, designed to assistance children flooded nerves earlier coming successful for surgery, is owed to beryllium rolled retired successful January 2023

Paediatric patients astatine King’s College Hospital’s Denmark Hill tract volition beryllium capable to find retired what it is similar to person an anaesthetic from the comfortableness of their ain home.

“Little Journey” gives children and their parents oregon carers the accidental to hole for country by taking them connected a virtual circuit of the infirmary site. Available for usage connected a smartphone successful 2D oregon utilizing a 3D virtual world headset, it gives younger patients the accidental to conscionable doc and caregiver characters, spot immoderate of the instrumentality which volition beryllium utilized to attraction for them and find retired much astir what to expect connected the time of their procedure.

The app has been specifically tailored to King’s College Hospital and uses photos of the Denmark Hill tract to assistance children go acquainted with the surroundings. Two antithetic versions are available; 1 aimed astatine younger children and the 2nd astatine those aged 8 and above. Little Journey is the brainchild of Dr Chris Evans, an anaesthetic doctor, developed for his PhD astatine University College London.

Dr Asme Sheikh, Consultant Paediatric Anaesthetist astatine King’s College Hospital, said: “We are truly excited to beryllium capable to rotation retired this superb app. It volition instrumentality children and their parents connected a virtual travel done our ward and theatres, explicate what volition hap and speech astir however they whitethorn feel.

The app has been piloted successful respective NHS hospitals truthful far, with large feedback from children and their carers. Coming into infirmary tin beryllium overwhelming and we anticipation this app volition assistance to marque it a little frightening and much affirmative experience.”

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