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Tracheostomy: How to care for your child's stoma

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Learn step-by-step instructions for cleaning your child's stoma.

Tracheostomy: How to change your child's tracheostomy tube

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Learn step-by-step instructions for changing your child's tracheostomy tube and Velcro tube ties.

Tracheotomy and tracheostomy tube: How they help your child

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Learn what to expect when your child has a tracheotomy and is fitted with a tracheostomy tube.

Tracheostomy: What to do in an emergency

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Learn how to identify and respond to the signs of respiratory distress if there is a blockage in your child's tracheostomy tube.

Tracheostomy care for children: For family caregivers and homecare providers

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This manual provides instruction on caring for your child's tracheostomy tube when your child leaves the hospital.

G/GJ tubes: Managing a leaking stoma

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Learn the difference between discharge and stoma leakage, and what to do if your child's stoma is leaking.

Tracheostomy: How to suction your child's tracheostomy tube

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Learn step-by-step instructions for tip, tube and deep suctioning of your child's tracheostomy tube.

G/GJ tubes: Preventing and managing infection

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Learn how to keep your child's stoma healthy, and what to do if the stoma or surrounding area become infected.

Tracheostomy: How to prepare for safe travel

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Learn what to pack in your child's medical travel bag when you and your child leave the home.

G/GJ tubes: Granulation tissue

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Learn what granulation tissue is, why it forms and how to treat it if you notice it around your child's stoma.

G/GJ tubes: Sensitivity and irritation

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Learn how to prevent sensitivity or irritation around your child's stoma, and what to do if irritation does occur.

Connected Care

Learning Hub

This learning hub is intended for community health-care providers and the Connected Care Paediatric Education Program. You will be able to access handouts on tracheostomy care, feeding tubes, vascular access devices, and subcutaneous injections.

Ostomy

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An ostomy is an opening to collect urine or stool outside the body. Learn about different types of ostomies and what they look like.

Ostomy care instructions

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Your child’s ostomy pouch will need to be emptied and changed regularly to prevent leaks and protect the skin around their stoma. Find instructions for how to care for, empty and change your child’s ostomy pouch.

G/GJ tubes: Using silver nitrate to treat granulation tissue

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Silver nitrate can be used to help remove granulation tissue around your child's stoma. Learn more about silver nitrate and how to apply it to your child.

G/GJ tubes: Permanent feeding tube removal

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Learn how to remove the feeding tube at home, if appropriate, and care for your child's tract after the permanent feeding tube removal.

Ostomy: Day-to-day activities for babies from birth to 12 months

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Learn how an ostomy impacts your baby's day-to-day activities and about considerations for protecting the stoma and ostomy pouch.

G/GJ tubes: What to do if your child’s feeding tube moves

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Find out how to prevent your child's G tube from moving in and out of the stoma, and what to do if you suspect it has moved.

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Speech-language pathology services during hospital admission(s)

Learn about how complex medical conditions and admissions to the hospital can impact speech and language development in children.

G/GJ tubes: How to tell if a feeding tube is a good fit

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Find out how to tell if your child’s feeding tube is a good fit and what you should do if the tube is too tight or too loose.

G tubes: MIC PEG tube

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A MIC PEG tube is a type of feeding tube. Discover how to care for your child's MIC PEG tube and what to do if it is accidentally pulled out.

Transitioning to adult care with a feeding tube

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Find out what needs to be done to prepare for the transition to the adult health-care system and what to expect from the new health-care team.

G/GJ tubes: Mic-Key low-profile GJ tube

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A low-profile gastrojejunostomy (GJ) tube is a type of feeding tube. Learn how to care for your child's GJ tube and how to give feeds and medication.

G/GJ tubes: MIC PEG J tube

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A MIC PEG J tube is a type of gastrostomy/gastrojejunostomy (G/GJ) feeding tube. Find out how it is inserted, how to care for it and what to do if it is accidentally pulled out.

G/GJ tubes: Corflo PEG J tube

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A Corflo PEG Jejunal (J) tube is a type of gastrostomy/gastrojejunostomy (G/GJ) feeding tube. Find out how it is inserted, how to care for it and what to do if it is accidentally pulled out.