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

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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 between outpatient visits

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If your child has a burn learn how to care for them between visits to the outpatient clinic at the hospital.

Burns

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

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

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Learn how to help your child's burn injury heal when your child comes home from the hospital.

Burn injuries: Helping families cope

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

Burn wounds, healing and scars: Frequently asked questions

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

Burns: First aid

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

Scald prevention

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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

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

Button battery injuries

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Accidentally swallowing button batteries can cause life-threatening injury. Learn what to do if your child swallows a button battery.

Burn prevention: Campfires, fire pits and fireworks

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

Helping families cope following a traumatic injury

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Find out how you can manage your own health while caring for your family after your child experiences a traumatic injury.

Brachial plexus birth injury

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Brachial plexus birth injury is an injury to the brachial plexus nerves leading from the spinal cord to the arm. This affects how the arm moves and feels things. Learn about the causes and possible treatments for a brachial plexus birth injury.

Thyroid biopsy/FNA using image guidance

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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

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

Elbow injury: Supracondylar humerus fracture

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A supracondylar humerus fracture is a fracture just above the elbow. Learn how to help your child recover and when to see a doctor.

Head injury and concussion

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Learn how to recognize a concussion after a head injury and when to see a health-care provider or seek emergency care.

Preventing burns: Winter safety

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

Injury prevention

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Learn how to keep your child safe and prevent them from getting injured whether at home, outside, at school or while playing. Find information about some of the common ways children can get injured, such as from burns, poisons and outdoor hazards.

Heat and cold for pain management

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Read about hot packs and cold packs, and how they can effectively reduce pain from injuries.

Physical treatments for pain management

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Read about physical treatments for pain management. These treatments are aimed at treating pain and its underlying causes.

Liver and spleen injuries: What to do after going home from the hospital

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Following liver or spleen injury, your child must be very careful to not re-injure themselves. Read about activities to avoid after liver or spleen injury and when to re-visit your child’s health-care provider.

Bleeding: First aid

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An overview of the first aid treatment of bleeding and the prevention of shock.

Child and health-care provider high-fiving. Child sits on hospital bed and health-care provider crouches in front of her

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.

Daunorubicin and Doxorubicin

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Your child needs to take the medicine called daunorubicin or doxorubicin. This information sheet explains what daunorubicin and doxorubicin does, how to give