Diversion Device With Breath Control

Brief Summary

The experience for many children who need to undergo anesthesia induction by breathing anesthetic vapors in the operating room is frightening to the child. We have developed a computer-based game system that uses breathing-in and breathing-out as a game controller. We believe that the immersive game experience will encourage breathing patterns ideal for anesthetic induction while providing fun and diversion for the child, lessening or eliminating the fear that typically accompanies breathing anesthetics. The purpose of the study is to determine whether diversion and breathing encouragement offered by a game and this device