The Use of Jet Injection Lidocaine for Blood Draws in Young Children

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2013-08-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

This study looks at the use of Jet Injection Lidocaine (J tip) for pain during blood draws in children ages 6 and younger. The investigators will use video observation of patients to asses their pain during lab draws using either 1) Jet Injected lidocaine ( J tip) 2) Pain Ease spray 3) Pain Ease spray plus the J tip noise.

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Medical College of Wisconsin
• Treatments: Camphor; Lidocaine; Menthol; Methyl salicylate; Salicylates

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Children aged 6 months-6 years seen in the Children's Hospital of Wisconsin outpatient laboratory that have an order for venipuncture for a blood draw

Exclusion Criteria:

• Previous adverse reaction to lidocaine or Pain Ease spray

• Pre-existing skin lesion at site of blood draw

• Needle stick for IV insertion or lab draw that has already occurred at current hospital visit

• Patients who are physically unable to move their arms or legs

• Patients who are unable to cry

• Patients with connective tissue disorders that predispose to easy bruising

• Patients with bleeding disorders