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Search our collection of print books, eBooks, CDs and DVDs, games, and teaching tools on health topics.
Search our collection of print books, eBooks, CDs and DVDs, games, and teaching tools on health topics.
A guide to help parents care for their child after heart surgery. Topics include: care of your child's incision; diet; pain management; post-surgical behaviour; activity; immunizations; returning to school and day care; preventing infection; and Post Pericardiotomy Syndrome(PPS).
Information on how to prepare for your child's heart surgery including dental care, what happens at the pre-admission clinic, what to do if your child becomes ill before surgery, how to prepare your child, what to pack, visiting.
Explains the heart catheterization procedure, including why your child may need it, what to expect during the procedure, how to prepare, and what to do after the procedure.
For parents and guardians of children with heart failure (hearts that do not function normally). Explains causes, diagnosis and treatments for heart failure. Lists members of the heart failure team, explains adjustments to make at home, and what to expect during clinic visits.
Patient handout outlining harmless sounds hearts make known as innocent/flow/stills murmurs.
This one page pamphlet describes the recommended steps to care for your child's chest wound.
This handout goes through the steps of managing and taking care of a Blake Drain.
Pamphlet describing how to use a birthing ball safely during pregnancy. It also provides information on how to use the birthing ball after the baby is born - for both you and your baby, and how to keep the ball in good repair.
This compassionate guide contains 100 practical ideas to help those grieving after a miscarriage or ectopic pregnancy. The book teaches the principles of grief and mourning to practical, action-oriented tips for coping with the natural difficulties of a loss.
Beloved grief educator Dr. Alan Wolfelt compassionately explores the common feelings of shock, anger, guilt, and sadness that accompany a stillborn child, offering suggestions for expressing feelings, remembering the child, and healing as a family. Ideas to help each unique person?mother, father, g…
Answers to frequently asked questions about nostril splinting for cleft lip and nasal deformity including: what a nostril splint is, how it's made, how long it is worn for; care of the splint.
Overview of what a Melody Valve is and how to care for your child after their procedure.
This handout gives an overview of what to do when a child has a blue spell, also known as a tet spell or hypercyanotic spell.
Patient handout explaining what a bicuspid aortic valve is and outlining a treatment/follow-up plan.
Patient handout explaining what SVT (fast heartbeat) is and how to manage it in babies.
Information on how to care for a child with a pacemaker used to treat an irregular heart rhythm (arrythmia). Including: how to care for the incision; activity recommendations; signs of possible problems; travel information; environmental hazards.
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.
This pamphlets contains information about Amiodarone (Cordarone), its usage, storage and side effects.
This pamphlets contains information about Amlodipine (Norvasc, Apo-Amlodipine), its usage, storage and side effects.