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Common health concerns, first aid and caring for sick children

  • Birth marks – NHS
  • Bronchiolitis (croup)- Health videos from Barnardo’s
  • Caring for Your Baby or Child with Sticky Eyes – Institute of Health Visiting
  • Colds, Coughs and Ear Infections in Children – NHS
  • Constipation in babies – NHS
  • Constipation in Children – NHS
  • Coping with Chicken Pox – Institute of Health Visiting
  • Coping with Scarlet Fever – Institute of Health Visiting
  • Cradle cap – NHS
  • Diarrhoea and Vomiting – Institute of Health Visiting
  • Fever: How to help your child- Health video from Barnardo’s
  • First Aid – NHS
    Includes information on resuscitation, choking and accidents  
  • Giving fever medication- Health video from Barnardo’s
  • How do I take care of the umbilical cord stump? NHS – YouTube
  • How to take your baby’s temperature – NHS
  • How to use saline nasal drops/ sprays- Health videos from Barnardo’s
  • Injuries and Minor Conditions – St John Ambulance
    Covers items such as objects in ear or nose, blisters, cuts & grazes, ear ache, conjunctivitis, insect stings, splinters, vomiting & diarrhoea.
  • Is your baby or toddler seriously ill?
  • Looking After a Sick Child – NHS
  • Managing Atopic Eczema in Babies and Children – Institute of Health Visiting
  • Medicines for Babies and Children – NHS
  • Newborn jaundice- NHS
  • Oral thrush (mouth thrush) – NHS (www.nhs.uk)
  • Rashes in babies and children – NHS
  • Rashes: When Should you Worry? – institute of Health Visiting
  • Reflux in babies – NHS
  • Special care: ill or premature babies – NHS (www.nhs.uk)
  • Spotting signs of dehydration- Health videos from Barnardo’s
  • Taking a temperature- Health video from Barnardo’s
  • Tongue-tie – NHS (www.nhs.uk)
  • Your baby’s weight & height and how often you should get them weighed – NHS
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Ashton-under-Lyne
2 Trafalgar Square,
Ashton Under Lyne,
OL7 0LL

Tel: 0161 342 2255

Hyde
Old Road
Hyde.
SK14 4SQ

Tel: 0161 342 5353

Stalybridge
School Crescent
SK15 1EA

Tel: 0161 342 5533

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Greenside Lane
M43 7RA

Tel: 0161 342 5197

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