DENVER (Dec. 15, 2010) - Imagine your child getting their blood drawn or an IV stick without the pain of a needle. Thanks to the latest technology and the J-Tip, patients at Rocky Mountain Hospital for Children at P/SL are able to get treatment without feeling the needle stick. No other pediatric hospital in Colorado is using this technology! We would like to introduce this technology in person and show it to you firsthand.

Who:

• 11-year-old Sam Sauer
• Amy Sauer – Sam’s Mom - Sam was hospitalized when he was 4-years-old and Amy remembers all too well when he got his IV and lab draws. She can talk about that experience and what a great option this will be for parents.
• Dr. Christine Darr, Medical Director, Rocky Mountain Hospital for Children at P/SL Emergency Department

What:   11-year-old Sam Sauer will roll up his sleeve and get an IV using the J-Tip, you can video/shoot the entire process and talk with Sam and his mom before and after. Dr. Chris Darr can also talk from the physician’s perspective and why this tool is so useful in a pediatric emergency department.

When:      Wednesday, Dec. 15th

12:15 p.m.

Where:     Rocky Mountain Hospital for Children at P/SL Emergency Department

 ED Entrance is located on High Street between 19th & 21st Streets -- please pull in to the ED parking area.

Why: Taking your child to the emergency room is stressful enough. Now we can offer a way to take some of the pain out of the experience, decreasing the trauma on the child and the parents.

Rocky Mountain Hospital for Children at P/SL is currently using the J-Tip in the Pediatric Emergency Department. Dr. Christine Darr, Medical Director, Rocky Mountain Hospital for Children Emergency Department at P/SL says, “Placing IV’s or drawing blood hurts even when we use the smallest of needles that we have available at the Rocky Mountain Hospital for Children at P/SL. The J-tip allows us to numb the skin without a needle before placing an IV or drawing blood. Of course, we will still use the tiniest needle on the smallest of patients to insert the IV or collect the blood, but now without pain. This is such an amazing development for our young patients and we are so proud to be the first pediatric hospital in Colorado to bring it to our families.”

J-Tip was developed by the National Medical Products, Inc. and is making its way into pediatric hospitals across the country. According to J-Tip, it is a “revolutionary means of delivering medication through the skin in a convenient manner without the use of needles.”