10 strategies to help prepare your child for surgery
When your child has surgery coming up, communication is key — talking openly in the weeks and days leading up to it can help prepare them.
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How to manage a child’s pain post-surgery
Observe how your child recognizes pain prior to surgery to help reduce overmedication and promote a normal healing process.
What parents need to know about congenital heart disease
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 40,000 infants born in the United States each year will have a congenital heart defect or heart disease.
How to determine the severity of heart murmurs
Heart murmurs are extra or unusual sounds made by blood circulating through heart valves, or through blood vessels near the heart.
Cardiac arrest in young athletes
Typically, cardiac arrest in young athletes is caused by an underlying heart condition or, very rarely, a blow to the chest.
