{"id":4807,"date":"2012-01-06T12:56:00","date_gmt":"2012-01-06T12:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lbpost.com\/articles\/life\/toyota-motor-sales-presents-miller-children-s-hospital-with-45-000-grant\/"},"modified":"2012-01-06T12:56:00","modified_gmt":"2012-01-06T12:56:00","slug":"toyota-motor-sales-presents-miller-children-s-hospital-with-45-000-grant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/hi-lo\/toyota-motor-sales-presents-miller-children-s-hospital-with-45-000-grant","title":{"rendered":"Toyota Motor Sales Presents Miller Children\u2019s Hospital with $45,000 Grant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>12:00pm |&nbsp;<\/strong>Representatives from Toyota Motor Sales, USA recently visited Miller Children\u2019s Hospital Long Beach to present a check for a $45,000 grant. The grant will help fund a Child Life Specialist for the pediatric emergency department (ED) at  Miller Children\u2019s for every single day of the week, including weekends. <\/p>\n<p> Child Life Specialists are part of the unique Child Life Program that is offered,  free-of-charge, to pediatric patients and families to provide a safe, secure and pediatric-friendly environment. This particular position will help reduce the negative impact of hospitalization through distraction techniques and medical play. Child life specialists talk through procedures in words kids understand and use dolls to \u201cshow\u201d young patients what procedures may happen to them. This helps normalize the scariness of an ED visit for children and families. This position is critical, since being in an \u201cemergency setting\u201d can be particularly traumatizing.  <\/p>\n<p> In the ED alone, this particular Child Life Specialist sees more than 20 patients per day and more than 7,000 patients per year on average. The Child Life Program at Miller Children\u2019s is one of the few programs of its kind to be offered at a children\u2019s hospital with a goal of reducing anxiety produced by the stress of hospitalization and understanding of medical procedures. A Child Life Specialist provides medical play, informative and reassuring psychological preparation, play, diversion, distraction and support before and after medical procedures and helps children with coping skills. <\/p>\n<p> \u201cWe are so grateful for the continued partnership with Toyota Motor Sales for this grant,\u201d says Rita Goshert, manager, Child Life Program at Miller Children\u2019s. \u201cChild Life is an indispensible part of the ED healthcare team for our patients and families. This grant will allow us to provide a child life specialist in our emergency department 7-days-a-week.\u201d <\/p>\n<p> For more than 19 years, Toyota Motor Sales, USA has been supporting  Miller Children\u2019s in some capacity, from helping purchase medical equipment to capital campaigns such as helping build out the new Miller Children\u2019s pavilion. <\/p>\n<p> \u201cThe relationship we have with Toyota is so valuable,\u201d says Jim Normandin, president, Memorial Medical Center Foundation. \u201cWe look forward to partnering with them in their future philanthropic endeavors.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Representatives from Toyota Motor Sales, USA recently visited Miller Children\u2019s Hospital Long Beach to present a check for a $45,000 grant. 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