Shortage of flu vaccines

There is no shortage in Ontario they have plenty and the suppliers say they are keeping up fine with the demand..

T

London, did a clinic last Wed 2200 rolled through and doing another one this Wed

FLU shot season is like the everready bunny this year keeps on going can't wait to get back to normal mode. Well off to do another flu clinic!!!!!!!!!!

T

Kids have super strength!!! I always thought it was funny as soon as you say done the crying stops. Yep use the same position you do. The parents that spend 20 minutes "talking" to the children are getting on my nerves.. sit down hold them get it over with!!! We try to use another nurse to hold (if the parent agrees usually they do after the super hulk strength comes out)because we are not afraid to HOLD on.

Our flu shot clinics are over

Theresa

Sorry, but I am one of those parents who spends three days talking to her kid before a shot. Have to. My son is absolutely phobic about needles and requires a lot of preparation. Yes, I spend about twenty minutes talking to him before the needle (usually in the waiting room). He needs it. If this isn't done, he will go into a full on panic attack. I have to do a lot of mental gymnastics to achieve one shot for this boy but it absolutely has to be done. If you try to spring it on him at the last minute, three adults cannot wrestle him out of the car. I am all for trying to reason with a child BEFORE using force. It is also a huge help if the parents use an EMLA patch and tell their child that it will put the skin and underlying muscle to sleep so that they won't feel it. And bribes work too. We bribe my son with whatever trading cards are the rage at the time. I hold that shiny package in front of his face and hold his arm with my other hand. This works for us.

Not trying to flame anyone, but forcing it will only increase a child's fear of the next time, and eventually, they will be too big and strong to hold down. It took four adults to hold my son down when he was three for a blood draw(... that was the start of his needle phobia), by the time he is 14 it would probably require sedation.

EMLA patch these should not be used before a flu shot it will cause more bleeding if a child has one of these on we will put it in the opposite arm , I am for Brib I do it with my kids but they have no problem with needles, I should not have lumped every child together there is exceptions. If someone knows there child has a problem with needles maybe it would be better to go to the family Doctor.

I should add I faint everytime I get a needle I HATE THEM!!!