For Patients/Families

Resources and Educational Materials

Patient/Family Education Materials by Category

This section contains broad-ranging information Children's Hospitals & Clinics has developed about pediatric medicine. Here you will find plain talk about medical conditions or procedures, first aid, and the like. Many topics have illustrations and detailed instructions about how to provide care at home, and when to call for medical advice. Some topics offer links to Hmong, Somali, and Spanish versions.

The information in this section duplicates information given to the parents of Children's patients during their child's care in one of the hospitals or clinics.

This section has medical information, not medical advice. If you or your child has a health problem, contact your clinic. Use these materials only under the guidance of your child's health care provider.

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First Aid
	Battery Safety Sheet:
	Bleeding Disorders: Allergic Reaction to Factor: Provides information on how to respond to an allergic reaction to factor.
	Bleeding Disorders: Emergencies in Hemophilia: Provides information on what to do for injuries for children with hemophilia.
	Bleeding Disorders: First Aid for the Child in School:
	Choking (Age 1 and Older): (Spanish) Steps to relieve choking. See Also: Choking Infants, CPR
	Choking Infant (Up to 1 Year): (Hmong, Spanish) Steps to relieve choking. See Also: Choking (Age 1 and Older), CPR
	CPR (all ages): Steps to take if someone is not breathing and/or the heart has stopped. See Also: Choking
	Enoxaparin (Lovenox):
	Frostbite: (Spanish) Damage to the skin and deeper tissues from exposure to the cold.
	Glucosamine and Chondroitin Sulfate: Provides information on Glucosamine and Chondroitin Sulfate.
	Head Injury: (Hmong, Spanish) What to watch for and what to do when a child's head is injured. See Also: Traumatic brain injury: Effects on speech
	Head Injury with Bleeding Disorder: (Spanish) With a bleeding disorder, a head injury can be very serious. Instructions for what to watch for and what to do. See Also: Factor Concentrate at Home, Desmopressin (DDAVP) for Bleeding Disorders, Desmopressin (Stimate)
	Lovenox:
	Skin Care for a Child with Limited Mobility:
	Wound Care: (Hmong, Somali, Spanish) How to care for stitches, cuts, and scrapes.