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Hospital Admission for COVID-19

This Helping Hand™ covers what to expect when your child is admitted to the hospital for COVID-19 (Coronavirus Disease 2019). This includes information about visitors, personal protective equipment (PPE), and preventing the spread of COVID-19.

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Inhalers: Spacers

Many medicines that help make breathing easier are taken by an inhaler. The inhaler must be used the right way, or the medicine will not get into the lungs to make your child feel better. A spacer is a device that helps the medicine get into the lungs.

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Eye: Tear Duct Massage

Tear duct massage is a way to help to open the duct and let the tears flow into the tear sac.

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Urine Dip Tests

Urine dip tests are done to check how the kidneys are working.

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Burns: Wearing a Pressure Garment

This Helping Hand™ is about using pressure garments after a burn to help reduce scaring.

Molluscum

Molluscum are smooth, pearly, skin-colored, benign bumps on the skin. They begin as small bumps and they may grow as large as a pencil eraser.

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Suctioning the Nose Human Powered Nasal Suction Tube

This Helping Hand™ is about human-powered nasal suction tubes. Here you'll see how and when to use this to suction your child's nose.

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Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR): Age 1 to Puberty

This Helping Hand™ is a guide to general CPR for children that are over 1 year old and have not gone through puberty. It is not intended to be used as training material or in place of formal CPR training. 

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Oncology: Homegoing Instructions

This Helping Hand™ will help you know what to do when going home after a cancer treatment.