5 Tips to Prepare Your Child for COVID-19 Testing

5 Tips to Prepare Your Child
for COVID-19 Testing
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• While the monster of COVID-19 still lurks around, the
availability of vaccination has somewhat allowed controlling
this menace. With that, almost the world is getting back to
normal life. However, we need to take preventive and
cautious measures. Symptoms like flu, sore throats, or
temperature have a whole new meaning because of COVID,
which has led to the introduction of new health policies. As
per the new policy, children are required to get their COVID-
19 testing, to ensure that they are safe to return to schools.
Nasopharyngeal swabs (also called “nasal swabs”) or throat
swabs are being taken frequently for COVID-19 testing.
• Although, this new testing method is pain-free, yet it requires
children to be prepared for giving the sample. In this article,
we have discussed the top five tips to prepare your children
for Covid testing. Let’s take a look.

Share child-friendly Information
• Children tend to get upset at the mere thought of testing, vaccination,
laboratories, clinics, and other health facilities. The majority of parents
think it is better not to share all the details when it comes to any kind of
medical procedure. We recommend the complete opposite of this. To
prepare a child for comfortable sample giving, it is important to share
the complete information with them because in case of incomplete
information they will use their imagination to fill in the missing parts.
They might paint their perception with scarier images. You can rather
dissuade their fears and apprehensions by sharing age-appropriate
information about the Drive Through Testing Santa Clara.
• Designing a story out of it will not only get them excited but also help in
reducing fears regarding testing. Be open with them about the place
where they will go, people who will be there, the length of time it will
take, how the sample would be taken, and whether or not they’d feel
anything. Using neutral language and sticking to the facts is the key to
getting your kids ready for testing. Describe the how the swab would
feel like. You can also use pictures and videos created for preparing
children for COVID-19.

Devise a Coping Plan
• If your children are feeling nervous about testing, you can
devise strategies to help them deal with this nervousness
and help them calm down. Regardless of the age of children,
they can be benefitted from a coping plan. Older children
somewhat know what helps them in their state of
nervousness, so you might want to offer them various
choices so that they don’t get a feeling of being imposed with
a relaxing activity. Devising a coping plan is important so that
you know what to do if you come across any tricky aspects
regarding your child. A plan prepares you and them for the
situation ahead, before time.

Engaged in fun Activities
• You have invested a lot of your time in preparing your child to
go for Covid testing, but it is taking forever in the waiting
lounge for your turn. You don’t want your efforts to go down
the drain because of the long waiting time which has bored
and even frustrated your child to an extent that he doesn’t
want to spend one more minute in that medical facility.
During the waiting time keep your child engaged in
something fun or exciting. Talk to them about their favorite
movie, cartoon character, tv show, music, etc. You can make
it more fun by telling riddles or jokes.
• If multiple family members have gone for testing, get the
relaxed child tested first of all. He will set an example for the
others while being a delight himself during the testing phase.
If the children are fidgeting, an elder or either parent can go
first to show how easy and quick the test can be.

Use Comfort Positioning
• When giving the sample, make sure that the child is in a
comfortable position. A restrained position rattles and scares
children, making things worse for you. Parents must sit side
by side with the children to keep them calm during a drivethrough
testing site. You can make things more desirable by
wrapping your arm around the child or making a younger
child sit in your lap during testing.
• Parents know their children well; they can identify what
soothes their children during a challenging time. It could be a
hug, holding a hand, putting a hand on the forehead, and so
on.

Deep Breaths and Counting
• If the anxiety persists, tell your child to close their eyes and
take deep breaths. You can also tell them to count to take
their minds off the stress even more, and engage it on
something else.

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