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W
e devel-
oped a
mobile
entertainment sys-
tem that travels
with kids so they
can watch their
favorite show as
they're wheeled
back to the OR.
Use clamps to
attach a plastic
movie screen to kids' stretchers in pre-op. The kids can choose
from a variety of TV shows, movies and music videos, which we
stream through YouTube and project onto the screen with a bat-
tery-powered portable video projector like this one
(osmag.net/FNdA4w). We've also developed a few custom videos,
including one that incorporates Toy Story's Buzz Lightyear,
Minions and a NASA-like countdown, to create a blastoff scenario
we use during induction as we excitedly place the "space mask"
on the patient. It's all designed to transform the operating room
experience into a fun narrative.
Sam Rodriguez, MD
Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
Palo Alto, Calif.
sr1@stanford.edu
• SHOW TIME Physicians at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital entertain kids with
a portable movie screen that attaches to the pre-op stretcher.
Bedside Theater Travels With Little Ones
Lucile
Packard
Children's
Hospital