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Informs parents what to look for after their child has suffered a head injury, including how to care for your child in the first 24 hours after bringing them home.
Learn what to expect after your child has a tongue tie release surgery. Explains how to care for your child, and when to get help.
This pamphlet offers advice for parents and caregivers on how to know if your child has a fever, what you can do at home, and how it's diagnosed by a doctor.
This pamphlet offers advice to parents and caregivers on how to care for your child with croup. It explains croup, the symptoms, what you can do at home, how it's diagnosed and also how it's treated.
Advice sheet for parents on how to take care of your baby when he or she has colic. Includes tips on what you can do to help, when to see your family doctor, and when to bring your baby to the Emergency Deparment.
How to care for your child at home, after your child gets an intrauterine device (IUD). Includes when to get help.
This pamphlet describes common fractures, how bones heal, different kinds of casts and splints, how to take care of the injured limb, and information about how the cast is removed.
This handout provides helpful tips for parents or caregivers of a child or youth with chronic pain. Also includes a recommended resource list.
This pamphlet provides information to parents about Synagis, a medication that helps a child's body fight off a serious respiratory syncytial virus, also called RSV.
Provides information for parents about respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) including symptoms and how to protect children against RSV.
As a new parent you may have questions about what to expect following the birth of your baby. This booklet is organized to follow your journey through the hospital immediately following delivery and provides information for when you and your baby are home.; This booklet is a companion to the bcwome…
Explains what a seizure is, what you should and should not do when your child is having a seizure.
This report examines whether child protection practices are living up to the principles set out in the CFCSA – the foundation of B.C.’s child protection system. This report looks at the child welfare system from a number of perspectives, including those of service providers, social workers, and law…
This pamphlet provides information for new parents about the flu, precautions they can take to protect their baby from the flu virus, and what will happen if you or your baby gets the flu while staying in the hospital.
Overview of what a fever is and how to treat it.
Learn how to incorporate mindfulness into your parenting.; This video is a featured resource in the Serious Illness Partnership Guide from Canuck Place and BC Children's Hospital.
Information to assist parents and caregivers of a child with Cortical Visual Impairment (CVI).
This picture book prepares children for a procedure at BC Children's Hospital. Using simple language and photos, the story explains who the child will meet, and what will happen when they come to hospital. The book also includes links to videos, and what your child can expect if they stay overnight.
This pamphlet provides information about a Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter (PICC) in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU).