Learn how to make a saline solution at home.
Normal saline bladder irrigation is used to gently flush the bladder to clear cloudy, mucous- or debris-filled urine from the bladder. Learn how to perform this procedure.
A guide on how to deliver tobramycin directly into the bladder using a catheter.
Indwelling urinary catheters require regular cleaning and may require instillation or irrigation to make sure they are working properly. Find out how to care for your child's catheter at home.
Learn how to properly care for your child at home after a nephrostomy tube insertion.
Learn more about intussusception and how it is treated.
Learn what to pack in your child's medical travel bag when you and your child leave the home.
Learn how to identify and respond to the signs of respiratory distress if there is a blockage in your child's tracheostomy tube.
Find out how an antegrade continence enema can help your child and how to give an antegrade continence enema at home.
Learn step-by-step instructions for cleaning your child's stoma.
Learn step-by-step instructions for changing your child's tracheostomy tube and Velcro tube ties.
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 step-by-step instructions for tip, tube and deep suctioning of your child's tracheostomy tube.
Your child needs to take the medicine called atropine. This information sheet explains what atropine does, how to give it and what side effects or problems your child may have when they take this medicine.
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.
Learn why heparin locking is done, and the steps you must follow to heparinize your child’s CVL/PICC.
There are medications that you may have to take to keep your body healthy.
A blocked tear duct stops the flow of tears from the eye down into the nose. Learn how a blocked tear duct can be treated.
Nasal cautery is a treatment for nosebleeds. Learn how the treatment works and how to care for your child as they recover at home.
Learn about some of the problems your child may have if they have a cecostomy tube (C-tube). Problems can include the C-tube moving, falling out, getting blocked or causing skin problems.
Learn about hypertonic salt water soaks, when they can be used and how to make your own.
Your child needs to take the medicine called acetylcysteine. This information sheet explains what acetylcysteine does, how to give it and what side effects or problems your child may have when they take this medicine.
Find information about what a cecostomy tube (C-tube) is and why it is used. Also learn about how a C-tube is inserted, the risks and how to care for it once it is inserted.
Learn how to recognize life-threatening bleeding, prevent shock and stop severe bleeds.
