Clean intermittent catheterization is a technique for children who need to use a catheter to empty their bladder. Read these step-by-step instructions for children with male anatomy.
Clean intermittent catheterization is a technique for children who need to use a catheter to empty their bladder. Read these step-by-step instructions for children with female anatomy.
Indwelling urinary catheters require regular cleaning and may require irrigation to make sure they are working properly. Find out how to care for your child's catheter at home.
Following a mitrofanoff operation, parents and children will empty the child's bladder using a catheter. Learn about how to use and care for a catheter.
Learn about the importance of cleaning and disinfecting a reusable nebulizer and follow the step-by-step instructions to learn how to do it.
Learn step-by-step instructions for changing your child's tracheostomy tube and Velcro tube ties.
Learn step-by-step instructions for cleaning your child's stoma.
Learn step-by-step instructions for tip, tube and deep suctioning of your child's tracheostomy tube.
Step-by-step instructions for parents on giving injections into the fatty layer below the skin (subcutaneous) at home, as well as tips to make injections less painful for your child.
A Turbuhaler delivers asthma medicine in powder form. Learn how to properly use a Turbuhaler.
Heart catheterization may be used to correct various kinds of heart defects. Learn how to prepare for heart catheterization and how to care for your child at home.
Learn about the restrictions in protective isolation, after your child's blood and marrow transplant.
A step-by-step introduction to the different types of childhood brain tumors. Answers from Canadian Paediatric Hospitals.
A Diskus inhaler delivers asthma medicine in powder form. Learn how to properly use a Diskus inhaler.
A Diskus inhaler delivers medication in powder form. Learn how to properly use a Diskus inhaler.
If your child has a CVL or PICC, the dressing must be changed regularly to prevent infection. Learn how to change your child's CVL or PICC dressing using antiseptic non-touch technique.
If your child has a CVL/PICC, you will be taught how to change the cap before your child is discharged from hosptial. Learn the steps you need to follow for a CVL/PICC cap change.
Help your teen to learn new skills by breaking down tasks and skills into smaller more manageable steps and using techniques such as forward chaining, backward chaining and shadowing.
Learn how you can take care of your child after heart catheterization. Learn about dressing changes and emergency situations.
Learn how sleep training and creating a nesting place for relaxing activities can help you fall asleep more easily.
Catheter ablation is a treatment for children with certain types of tachycardia (rapid heart rate). Treatment involves destroying an abnormal circuit.
An open reduction is a surgical procedure performed on children with more severe hip dislocation that cannot be treated any other way. Learn how the procedure is done and what follow-up care your child will need.
A Turbuhaler delivers medication in powder form. Learn how to properly use a Turbuhaler.
An essential list of books, videos, and websites to aid new parents in raising a child to the best of their abilities.
A step-by-step guide for parents on how to fit a safety helmet and encourage a child to wear one.
