CARD system coping checklist for children and adults to select their preferred coping strategies.

CARD system coping checklist for infants to select their preferred coping strategies.

CARD™ (C - Comfort, A - Ask, R - Relax, D - Distract) is an evidence-based framework that teaches how to prepare for vaccination.

Learn about how to reduce pain, fear and dizziness using The CARD™ System (C-Comfort, A-Ask, R-Relax, D-Distract).

Researchers at the University of Toronto and The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) have teamed up with educators, public health practitioners and grade seven students in Ontario to develop and implement a new approach to delivering school-based vaccines that improves student experience.

Pain from vaccine injections is common, and concerns about pain contribute to vaccine hesitancy across the lifespan.

Vaccine injections can be painful and stressful for children and parents, but you can really make a difference. Read the 5 P’s of vaccination pain management below and combine these strategies to improve pain relief.

Maxilene™ is a topical anesthetic cream that reduces the pain from vaccination. Apply Maxilene™ 20 to 60 minutes before vaccine injection.

Needle procedures are very common in health care, and can be used to diagnose, treat, prevent, and monitor different health conditions.

Immunizations are common recurring health-related procedures. For most people, these procedures can cause unnecessary stress and anxiety, which can lead to long-term non-adherence with recommended health care interventions…

COVID-19 is a very infectious disease that can cause life-
threatening illness. COVID-19 disease can affect anyone.
However, it is more dangerous for older adults. Because of this,
older adults are one of the first groups of people being offered the COVID-19 vaccine.