2muchHeart

Yeah, this baby was calm before the procedure began, content with sucking the sweetease. It's good to know that some doctors are moving into the future. 97% of the training programs that teach circumcision now train doctors in anesthesia/analgesia use, I just wish it would become standard practice in the field. Seems like progress is always so slow . There is a lot of research coming down the pipes concerning short-term and long-term consequences of painful experiences such as this, some of it is even being done by the NINR. Maybe this will help move things along.

Actually he wasn't crying at all before the procedure began, he was sucking on the techs finger and as calm as he could be. When he was first put on the board sure he was fussy, but he calmed within a couple of minutes. When the cutting started he cried like I had never heard before, and I really want to never hear again. It was obvious that he was in EXTREME pain and it made me feel very sick.

Hi everyone, I am a student and this is my first post here at allnurses. I recently witnessed a circ for the first time and only sweetease was used. It was unbearable to watch, and I can't get those cries out of my head. I know there was nothing I could do, but I feel awful that this happened to this little boy as I just stood by. My problem is not the circ itself, but the fact that it was done without anything for the pain. We wouldn't do this to a grown man, or even a dog, without something for pain, so why is it ok to do it to a helpless baby? Since 1999 the American Academy of Pediatrics has recommended using pain relief for this procedure, so I was curious if the procedures done where you work use pain relief and what kind? Are parents informed that pain relief is available for their child if they want it? And as a nurse, what can be done so that we move forward and treat infants pain just as we do adults?