Helping Children Cope with the Intensive Care Unit

Simone L. Hughes, R.N., illustrations by Dee Snyder

Children’s Hospital of Iowa

First Published: 1994
Last Revised: 1994
Peer Review Status: Internally Peer Reviewed

Dedicated to my daughter, Lisa Marie Herzog and all the children who visit family in the Intensive Care Unit

Table of Contents

Introduction
Waiting Room
Before Visiting
ICU Information Center
ICU Area: What to Expect
The Patient

• IVs and Pumps
  • single IVs
  • multi IVs
• Ventilator
• Feeding/Nasogastric Tube
• Monitor

Simple to Complex

• Foley Catheter on Patient
• Feeding Tube on Patient
• IV Pumps on Patient
• Ventilator on Patient

Last Section: Putting It All Together

Final Drawing: Ventilator, Monitor, Feeding Tube, Foley Catheter, and IV Pumps on Patient

Summary
Photos

Things You Can Do
Acknowedgements