Emergency Department Health Resources
Below, you’ll find information that could be useful when dealing with sick children.
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- Anaphylaxis (severe allergic reaction)
- Appendicitis
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- Caring for your baby after a minor head injury
- Constipation
- Caring for a child with functional constipation (video)
- Constipation (from CHEO, a pediatric hospital and research centre in Ottawa)
- Concussion
- Croup
- CT scan
- COVID-19
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- Febrile seizure
- Fever
- How to manage your child’s fever (video)
- Flu and Colds
- How to care for your child during respiratory virus season
- Reducing the spread of influenza
- At what point do you seek medical advice if children have a persistent cough?
- What does it mean if a child seems to get better then takes a turn for the worse a day or so later?
- At what point should I bring my child to the ER?
- Should you give cough/cold medication to a child under 6?
- Is it safe for children who have or are getting over a respiratory illness to play outside in colder weather?
- How do you know if it is RSV or a cold?
- Cough and fever season
- Fracture (broken bones)
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- Jaundice (newborn)
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- Safe Sleep
- Seizures (video)
