Learn how to identify and respond to the signs of respiratory distress if there is a blockage in your child's tracheostomy tube.
Learn about malaria, an infection passed on by mosquitoes.
Vaccines help to protect you against many different diseases. Learn about different vaccines and how to keep track of which vaccines you have had.
Some people can still travel and go on vacation while receiving chemotherapy. Find out what you need to know about travel and chemotherapy, including practicial tips and major risks.
Find out how to make travel and time away at camp safe and enjoyable for a child with epilepsy.
Optimizing your child’s asthma management can help them lead a normal, healthy life. Learn about asthma triggers, exercising with asthma, and asthma management at school.
Measles is an infection caused by a highly contagious virus. Learn the symptoms and causes of measles and how it can be prevented.
Learn what to expect when your child has a tracheotomy and is fitted with a tracheostomy tube.
Battery-operated recreational devices such as e-scooters, e-bicycles and e-skateboards can cause serious injury due to the high speeds at which they travel. Learn more about using these devices safely and when to avoid them.
Learn how to make travel safer for a child with a food allergy.
Learn what to pack in your child's medical travel bag when you and your child leave the home.
This manual provides instruction on caring for your child's tracheostomy tube when your child leaves the hospital.
The pleural space can fill up with fluid or air after a serious injury or operation, or as a result of disease. Chest tubes are placed into the pleural space to drain the fluid or air.
Information for parents about indoor and outdoor safety, car and travel safety, and poison prevention. Also find first aid resources including information about animal bites, insect bites and sunburns.
Learn about services available for patients and families to assist with finances during your child's leukemia treatment.
Teens living with hemophilia learn practical tips when they are ready to take a trip abroad.
Learn what blood clots are, how they form, how they are treated, and complications that can occur because of them.
Mastoiditis is an infection caused by bacteria within the bone behind the ear. Learn more about what causes mastoiditis and find out how it is diagnosed and treated.
Learn how to use the Astral 150 for non-invasive ventilation.
An overview of the causes, symptoms, treatment and ways to prevent your child from getting typhoid fever when traveling to regions where typhoid fever is known to occur.
Learn where to find financial assistance, during your child's blood and marrow transplant.
Learn about blood and marrow transplants, for a child with an immune deficiency.
Isolation precautions such as airborne precautions may need to be used to stop the spread of infection. These are additional precautions that need to be taken to help prevent the spread of infections caused by airborne routes of spread of germs.
Tuberculosis (TB) is a curable bacterial disease spread from person to person through the air. Learn more about TB in children, including its causes, signs and symptoms and how it is diagnosed and treated.
