Comments on: Great distraction for work, surgery!

Great distraction for work, surgery!

adampsyche — Thu, 09 Dec 2004 10:48:11 -0800

Game Boys used to calm down kids heading into surgery. I have been replaced, as a parent, by a Game Boy, and have come full circle.

By: LairBob

LairBob — Thu, 09 Dec 2004 11:13:51 -0800

When my (then) four-year-old got his tonsils out last spring, they brought in a combination VCR/Nintendo64 on a rolling cart, into the pre-op room. Made a big difference in helping him stay calm.

By: XQUZYPHYR

XQUZYPHYR — Thu, 09 Dec 2004 11:17:43 -0800

Seems as good a time as any to give a hospital a Game Boy.

By: robocop is bleeding

robocop is bleeding — Thu, 09 Dec 2004 11:56:19 -0800

Woot, and for the second year, I give Child's Play an onyx GameBoy SP.

By: scarabic

scarabic — Thu, 09 Dec 2004 13:59:37 -0800

Sense of tension and fear: "it's okay, relax, everything's going to be fine. I'll be here when you wake up. I'll be right in that little room the whole time." Sense of normalcy: "sure, whatever, go play nintendo."

By: moonbird

moonbird — Thu, 09 Dec 2004 16:24:35 -0800

seriously disturbing. vive la couture synthetique!

By: dowingba

dowingba — Fri, 10 Dec 2004 00:14:13 -0800

I wonder what games they play to get that calming effect? Tetris?

By: gren

gren — Fri, 10 Dec 2004 04:31:45 -0800

on NPR last night they had the doctor that did the study...she was talking about the Powerpuff Girls game (I would imagine any sidescrolling platform game would work well...the Sonic series had my gf's nephew totally quiet at Thanksgiving dinner).. Childs Play is a really cool idea...I wonder if they would take a 1Gb Flash2Advance cart for all those new GBA's....