Medical content – Medical procedures

Explanatory video to understand when children with cancer who develop fever and neutropenia should go to the hospital and how they can help research.

This video shows what happens when your child needs a Cardiopulmonary Exercise Test (PECP).

In this site you will find information on Biospecimens (samples): what they are, why they are valuable for cancer research and who can donate biospecimens, among other information.

This video shows explains what happens when a child needs to get a blood test and it aims to help children and parents prepare for their visit to hospital.

This video with pretend hospital play shows how to prepare your child when he/she needs to have a cannula in hospital.

How you could talk to your child about having a CT-scan (Computed Tomography)

This video shows how you could play with your child the day or morning before you go to hospital to have a general anaesthetic before their operation.

This video with pretend hospital play shows how you could play with your child the day or morning before you go to hospital for an EEG Electroencephalogram).

This video with pretend hospital play shows how you could play with your child the day or morning before you go to hospital because your child needs to have an Ultrasound.

This video shows how you can prepare your children when they need to have an X-ray to look at their chest or bones.

How you could talk to your child about having an MRI scan (Magnetic Resonance Imaging)

This video shows interviews with parents of children with a learning disability. The parents share experiences and different ways they prepare their child for going to hospital, the doctor, the dentist or the optometrist.

What to expect when you have an eye test and have your eyes checked for uveitis

This video explains how anesthesia works

This video explains how X-rays see through your skin

What happens when a child needs to have a prick test, a skin test used to detect allergies

This video shows children what happens in a sweat test

This video shows children what happens when doctors check if their kidneys are healthy using a DMSA scanner. This video helps children and parents see the difference between a DMSA and a MAG3 scan.

In this video two toddlers come to hospital for a hearing test and heir parents ask questions to understand what happens during the test.

What happens when babies or children have to undergo a polysomnography for a sleep study

What happens during the hearing test used to see if a newborn has hearing problems

What happens when a child needs to get a blood test

What happens when your child is admitted to a Cancer Centre for specialist treatment

Helping children with heart problems understand their diagnosis and potential treatment options

This book will help parents prepare their child for the experience of going to an hospital for surgery. It allows children to become familiar with what to expect the day of surgery.

This video shows what happens when getting an infusion with Biologics (a type of medicine). You can watch this video alone or with your child before they need to go to hospital to prepare for this procedure.

What happens when you have a cardio-pulmonary exercise test to check your heart and lungs in hospital

What happens when babies hips get checked and treated for hip dysplasia

What happens in a Lung Function Test (Breathing Test)

What happens when your child needs a nerve conduction study to see if their nerves work properly

What happens in a videofluoroscopy swallow study (an X-ray study of the swallow)

How a CT scan is performed in the hospital

What happens when your child needs to have an echo (or echocardiogram) to look at their heart

Learn what happens if you need to go to the children’s hospital for an EEG (or electroencephalogram)

What happens when your child needs to have an x-ray to see his chest or bones

See what happens when a child has to start wearing a mask ventilation for the night

This video shows what happens during joint injections using Entonox (a gas that works as pain relief) and helps families prepare before this procedure.

See what happens when a child needs an injection

This booklet tells the story of a boy and girl having radiotherapy treatment. It will help children understand the different stages of a radiotherapy treatment.