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," ...

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 gaming app is called EZ Induction and transforms a scary anesthesia mask into a fun game controller. The last thing a child might see before surgery is a scary anesthesia mask. To help calm that ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.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 ...

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 ...

Liz Engel, Digital editor/Cincy Inno editor - Cincinnati Business Courier Apr 11, 2023, 6:12am CDT Chris Von Holle Abby Hess, nurse practitioner at Cincinnati Children's Hospital, invented the EZ ...

CINCINNATI — A Cincinnati Children’s nurse practitioner has created a breathing-controlled video game to help young kids relax when it’s time to put on an anesthesia mask. Abby Hess, a doctor of ...

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 ...

CINCINNATI (WLWT) — 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 ...