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Crutch Walking
Crutches may be used to keep weight off a leg or foot while it is healing. Your health care provider will check one of the weight-bearing instructions below: Non-Weight-Bearing (NWB) – Do not put any weight on the injured foot or leg.
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Exercises: Stretching
Stretching exercises help keep your joints and muscles from tightening up. Your exercise program is planned for your specific needs because not all your muscles have the same degree of strength or weakness.
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Pasteurized Donor Milk for Your Hospitalized Baby
This Helping Hand™ is about what pasteurized donor milk is and why some babies may need it. It also talks about the process of pasteurizing and how you can become a donor.
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Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR): Puberty to Adult
This Helping Hand™ is a guide to general CPR for children that have gone through puberty and adults. It is not intended to be used as training material or in place of formal CPR training.
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Transcranial Doppler (TCD) Ultrasound
Children with sickle cell disease are at risk for stroke. Transcranial (trans-CRANE-ee-ul) Doppler (TCD) ultrasounds help predict that risk. A TCD measures how fast blood is flowing to the brain (Picture 1). When blood flows faster than it should, there is a higher risk for a stroke.
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Hard Splints
This Helping Hand™ explains how to care for your child while they have a splint.
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For Providers
Whether you’re seeking the latest birth control option information or resources to help patients make confident contraceptive decisions, our provider resources can assist.
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Airborne Precautions
Airborne precautions are used when germs, such as the kind that cause tuberculosis and chickenpox, can be spread through the air from one person to another.
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Exercises: Lower Extremities - Older Child (Passive)
Range of motion exercises help to keep your child's joints and muscles from tightening up. An exercise program is planned for the individual needs of each child. While doing the exercises, your child should lie on his back on a firm surface.
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Resources at Home
We want to help you take care of your baby once he/she is discharged. These resources cover everything from fevers to colic.