Nearly 12 million children

visit an emergency room

each year.
Alleviating
Fears in the
Pediatric
Emergency
Department
Charissa Zhu
Centennial High School
St. Agnes Pediatric ER
 Problems in the pediatric
emergency department

What are current

What’s the problem?
Patients and their parents get nervous
or fearful at the sounds of unknown
words, especially precautionary
medical tests.
solutions?
Doc McStuffins, a show about a young
aspiring pediatrician, has introduced
and familiarized the medical world to
young children.
 My solution:

A children’s book to
introduce common ED
names, acronyms, tests, etc.