A video game invented by a nurse at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital hopes to reduce the level of anxiety kids experience when wearing anesthesia masks, and a newly inked licensing agreement could soon make the product available at hospitals around the world.
Abby Hess, a nurse practitioner and clinical researcher with medical center’s the department of anesthesiology, has spent the last seven years developing EZ Induction, a breathing-controlled video game to help kids relax when it’s time…