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Burn injury: Information for parents with a child staying at the hospital

Advice for parents with a child who is staying at the hospital and being treated for a burn injury.

Burns: Caring for your child's burn at home after discharge from the hospital and between outpatient visits

Learn how to help your child's burn injury heal when your child comes home from the hospital and between visits to the outpatient clinic.

Burn injuries: Helping families cope

Learn how to cope with emotional, social and financial stress as a family when your child has a burn injury.

Burns: First aid

An overview on how to properly care for your child's burn.

Burn wounds, healing and scars: Frequently asked questions

Find answers to some of the most frequently asked questions about your child’s burn injury and recovery. 

Burn prevention: Campfires, fire pits and fireworks

Campfires and fireworks cause serious burns every year. Find advice on how to prevent your child from getting a burn.

Preventing burns: Winter safety

This page gives advice on how to prevent your child from getting a burn during the winter.

Scald prevention

Hot liquids cause approximately 70% of burns in children. Learn how to keep your children safe from scalds and how to treat a burn.

Burns: Household safety and prevention

Find out how you can prevent your child from getting a burn injury and what to do if a burn does occur.

Caring for yourself when your child has cancer

In order to help the people you love, and meet life’s many obligations, you need to take care of yourself. Ignoring your needs can make you become more irritable, negative, short-tempered or resentful.

Transitions during hospitalization for intestinal failure

Learn tips to help navigate the transitions you and your child will experience during their hospital stay for intestinal failure and when planning to return home from the hospital.

Endovenous laser therapy (EVLT) using image guidance

Learn what endovenous laser therapy (EVLT) is and how it is done using image guidance

Kidney transplant: Your stay in hospital after surgery

Recovering from scoliosis surgery

Learn about how to properly take care of your teen's incision scar following scoliosis surgery.

Thyroid biopsy/FNA using image guidance

Learn what a thyroid biopsy is and why it is done. Also find information about what will happen to your child before, during and after the procedure.

Bone ablation using image guidance

Learn what bone ablation is and how it is done using image guidance.

After heart surgery: Caring for your child

Children need extra care and attention after heart surgery. Read about care after heart surgery including diet, pain management and school.

Deceased donor kidney transplant: Tests when you arrive at the hospital

Arriving at the hospital for scoliosis surgery

There are many people involved in a surgery for scoliosis. Find out about the healthcare team involved and what to expect when you arrive at the hospital.

Enucleation: Removing your child's eye

Enucleation is surgery to remove a damaged or diseased eye. Learn about the surgery and how to care for your child afterwards.

PET (positron emission tomography) scan and cancer diagnosis

A PET scan is a diagnostic test that shows where cancer cells are in the body. Find out how PET scans are done, what to expect during the scan and when you get your results.

Your stay in hospital after liver transplant surgery

Activities after a blood and marrow transplant

Learn about child-friendly activities in the hospital, after a blood and marrow transplant.

The cancer care team: Nurse

Nurses help to coordinate your health care at the hospital and at home. Find out more about what a nurse does and how they can help you.