Patient Care Handouts
Teaching sheets and information provided in this section is intended to be used as a guideline only. It is not intended to replace consultation with your physician. Always consult your child's pediatrician or healthcare provider whenever he/she may require diagnosis or treatment.
Available information is provided by by B.D. Schmitt, M.D., author of "Your Child's Health," Bantam Books; Published by McKesson Provider Technologies, and the Children's Healthcare of Atlanta.
- Abdominal Pain
- Allergic Reactions
- Asthma
- Bed-Wetting (Enuresis)
- Bee Stings and Insect Bites
- Blocked Tear Duct
- Breastfeeding Essentials
- Bulb Suctioning - [http://www.choa.org/Menus/Documents/Wellness/teachingsheets/bulbsuction.pdf]
- Canker Sores (Mouth Ulcers)
- Car Safety Seats
- Colds (Upper Respiratory Infections)
- Colic
- Cough
- Cradle Cap
- Croup
- Diaper Rash
- Diarrhea: Breastfed Infants
- Diarrhea: Children (age 3 and older)
- Earache
- Fever
- Flu (Influenza)
- Headache - Muscle Tension Headache
- How to Take a Temperature - This teaching sheet contains some general guidelines for taking your child’s temperature. Your child’s doctor or nurse can give you specific instructions as needed for your child: http://www.choa.org/Menus/Documents/Wellness/teachingsheets/howtotaketemp.pdf
- Formula (Bottle) Feeding
- Head Injury
- Heat Rash (Miliaria)
- Head Lice
- Migraine Headache
- Nose Bleeds
- Teething
- Tick Bites
- Urinary Tract Infection