Released on: November 10, 2008, 6:18 am
Press Release Author: Warren Enterprises LLC
Industry: Healthcare
Press Release Summary: A recent study of more than 11,000 children published in the journal Pediatrics found that door hinges and frames represent the greatest danger to small children in the form of hand and finger injuries.
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Release Body: (SOUTHBURY, CT)—A recent study of more than 11,000 children
published in the journal Pediatrics found that door hinges and frames represent
the greatest danger to small children in the form of hand and finger injuries.
The results of these injuries can lead to surgery, and one prominent anesthesiologist
is paving the way in helping parents understand what that means for their kids.
Dr. Armen Ketchedjian, author of the book Will It Hurt?
A Parent’s Practical Guide to Children’s Surgery, says
that the injuries children sustain can often only be repaired through surgery,
and that parents should prepare for that possibility.
Most of these injuries occur when doors close on a child’s fingers, a
problem made worse in countries without legislation mandating safer door systems
designed to help kids stay safe.
“When you hear that your child must have surgery it can be a terrifying
experience” says Dr. Ketch, as he is known to his
patients. “It’s not easy to accept that your child needs an
operation, but once you know that he or she does, it’s imperative that
you help prepare your child as best you can.”
Will It Hurt? is Dr. Ketch’s way of furthering parent
education in the days and hours surrounding child surgeries that result not
only from injuries such as those caused by door frames and hinges, but also
from developmental problems, childhood diseases and birth defects.
“It has been shown that children have an easier time with surgery
and recovery when they are less anxious, and a great way to help that happen
is to have the parents be less anxious,” says Dr. Ketch. “That
often means educating them so that their fears are alleviated at least a little
bit.”
Dr. Ketch’s book covers important topics for parents whose children need
surgery, including:
What to do the day of the surgery
What to do if their child needs to stay overnight
How to choose a surgeon
What questions to ask of the child’s doctors
What to expect as the child recovers from surgery
Will It Hurt? helps educate parents about pediatric surgery.
It is an easy-to-read resource that will give parents, their child and their
families the help and reassurance they need to make any surgical experience
as stress-free as possible.
Listed in The Guide to America’s Top Anesthesiologists by the Consumer
Research Council of America, Dr. Ketch trained at Cornell Medical Center, with
a fellowship at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and a pain management
elective at Boston Children’s Hospital. He has worked to help develop
new techniques in ambulatory anesthesia, taught medical students and residents,
and cared for more than 10,000 patients.
Dr. Ketch is also the author of the children’s book Golden Apples
(winner of the 2008 Reviewer’s Choice Award), a beautifully illustrated
book that aims to help educate children about the dangers of drug abuse.
For more information, contact the author directly at support@dr.ketch.com.
WARREN ENTERPRISES, LLC and author Dr. Armen G. Ketchedjian chose Arbor
Books, Inc. (www.ArborBooks.com)
to design and promote Will It Hurt? A Parent’s Practical Guide
to Children’s Surgery. Arbor Books is an internationally renowned,
full-service book design, ghostwriting and marketing firm.
(Will It Hurt? A Parent’s Practical Guide to Children’s Surgery
by Dr. Ketch; ISBN: 0-9815373-0-8; $14.95; 172 pages; 5½” x 8 ½”;
softcover with illustrations; WARREN ENTERPRISES, LLC)
Web Site: http://www.drketch.com
Contact
Details: Warren Enterprises LLC
PO Box 547, Southbury, CT 06488
Contact: Armen G. Ketchedjian, MD Phone: 203-304-2419
E-mail: support@dr.ketch.com
http://www.drketch.com