http://www.cw.bc.ca/library/PDF/pamphlets/BCCH1624_HeartSurgery.pdf

Department of Cardiology. Vancouver, BC: BC Children's Hospital , 2018. (Pamphlet)

Audience

Patient or Public

Agency

BC Children's and Women's

Call Number

BCCH1624

URL Notes

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Information on how to prepare for your child's heart surgery including dental care, what happens at the pre-admission clinic, what to do if your child becomes ill before surgery, how to prepare your child, what to pack, visiting.

Buck, Karen. Atlanta, GA: Pritchett & Hull Associates, Inc. , 2004. (Book) — 1 copy, 1 available

Audience

Patient or Public

Agency

BC Children's and Women's

Location

Family Support & Resource Centre

Call Number

FD 500 BUC 2004

This book is designed for the family of a child who needs a pacemaker or an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD). ; Table of Contents: ; Introduction ; The healthy heart ; The heart's electrical system ; Why a pacemaker is needed ; All about pacemakers ; Pacemaker placement ; Getting ready …

http://www.cw.bc.ca/library/pdf/pamphlets/BCCH1445_CaringChildAfterHeartSurgery.pdf

Cardiology Department. Vancouver, BC: BC Children's Hospital , 2017. (Pamphlet)

Audience

Patient or Public

Agency

BC Children's and Women's

Call Number

BCCH1445

URL Notes

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A guide to help parents care for their child after heart surgery. Topics include: care of your child's incision; diet; pain management; post-surgical behaviour; activity; immunizations; returning to school and day care; preventing infection; and Post Pericardiotomy Syndrome(PPS).

http://www.cw.bc.ca/library/PDF/pamphlets/BCCH1638CaringForChildsChestWound.pdf

Cardiology Department. Vancouver, BC: BC Children's Hospital , 2017. (Pamphlet)

Audience

Patient or Public

Agency

BC Children's and Women's

Call Number

BCCH1638

URL Notes

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This one page pamphlet describes the recommended steps to care for your child's chest wound.

http://www.cw.bc.ca/library/pdf/pamphlets/KBNK.pdf

Rempel, Gwen, Cender, Laurie. Vancouver, BC: British Columbia's Children's Hospital , 2018. (Online) — 2 copies, 2 available

Audience

Patient or Public

Agency

BC Children's and Women's

Location

Family Support & Resource Centre

URL Notes

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A practical and informative guide for parents who discover their unborn child has a heart problem. Sections include: answers to commonly asked questions; choices and decisions; talking about feelings; building your support team; pregnancy-related questions.

http://www.cw.bc.ca/library/PDF/pamphlets/BCCH1948blakedrain.pdf

Department of Cardiology. Vancouver, BC: BC Children's Hospital , 2017. (Pamphlet)

Audience

Patient or Public

Agency

BC Children's and Women's

Location

Family Support & Resource Centre

Call Number

BCCH1948

URL Notes

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This handout goes through the steps of managing and taking care of a Blake Drain.