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Overview of what allergic reactions are and how to treat and prevent them.
Overview of what allergic reactions are and how to treat and prevent them.
Overview of what allergic reactions are and how to treat and prevent them.
Overview of what allergic reactions are and how to treat and prevent them.
Overview of what allergic reactions are and how to treat and prevent them.
Information about the food challenge test to determine if your child is allergic to a specific food.
Comic book featuring Medikidz, superhero experts on health and illness. Explains what happens inside the body during an allergic reaction, and gives tips on living well with a food allergy.; Ages 7-12
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EpiPen instructions; AllerJect instructions
This pamphlet lists places to find high-quality information online. It also explains how to find a dietitian, and how a dietitian can help with food allergies in children.
Learn why your healthcare provider has asked you to get an allergy status check. A penicillin allergy test includes skin testing and oral challenge tests.
Intended for individuals and families who have members who are gluten intolerant. The recipes are intended for enjoyment by the entire family. In addition to the 150 recipes, there is extensive information about various gluten-free flours, legumes and rices. Also included are tips and techniques f…
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Provides information to help your child to walk using crutches on flat surfaces and up and down stairs.
Your care provider may suggest an epidural or combined spinal epidural (CSE) to help you manage pain through labour. This handout explains what an epidural is, how it is given, benefits, and risks for you and your baby.
In Punjabi, 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.
Written in Punjabi, this pamphlet offers tips and strategies for helping your child prepare for surgery. There's separate sections with tips for infants, toddlers, preschooler age children, school-age children, and teens.
Fentanyl offers a medium amount of pain relief during during labour. This overview explains how fentanyl is given during labour, and includes a list of possible side effects for you and your baby.
This 1 page pamphlet for parents explains what an Auditory Brainstem Response (ABR) test is, and what you can do to prepare for the test in Punjabi.
What's happening around us influences our thoughts, feelings, and responses. Social Situation Mapping (formerly Social Behavior Mapping), a core teaching framework within the Social Thinking Methodology, uses visual templates to encourage learners to engage social observation for figuring out what …
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Written in Punjabi, this handout provides parents with information on what to expect in the first 24 hours after their child has anesthesia. It covers the topics of aches, pain, fever, nausea, vomiting,as well as what foods to offer and what to do in case of breathing problems.
This pamphlet provides information about the Auditory Brainstem Response (ABR) Test, which measures how the hearing nerve and brainstem respond to sounds. It includes how the test is done, explains why your child must be asleep during the test, and eating and drinking instructions in Punjabi.