| Being ‘an everyday hero’ | <img alt="" src="/PublishingImages/mark-ramsey-phsa-plus-plus-external-thumbnail.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | Being ‘an everyday hero’ | Mark Ramsey is program manager for the T7 Medical Inpatients and Vascular Access Teams at BC Children’s Hospital. Mark won a PHSA+ Award for exemplifying PHSA's values through his leadership and compassion. | http://www.bcchildrens.ca/about/news-stories/stories/mark-ramsey-2023-phsa-plus-recipient | | 2023-09-22T07:00:00Z | | |
| BC Children’s launches “Sunny Bear” chat bot | <img alt="" src="/news-stories-site/PublishingImages/sunnyb.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | BC Children’s launches “Sunny Bear” chat bot | BC Children’s Hospital has created a chat bot on its website this fall to help support families who have general questions about respiratory season and our hospital’s services. | http://www.bcchildrens.ca/about/news-stories/stories/bc-children’s-launches-sunny-bear-chat-bot | | 2023-09-15T07:00:00Z | | |
| Back-to-School Wellness Toolkit | <img alt="" src="/news-stories-site/PublishingImages/GettyImages-1153974729%203.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | Back-to-School Wellness Toolkit | As children, teenagers and families across B.C. adapt to their back-to-school routine, BC Children’s Hospital has prepared a ‘wellness toolkit’ for the transition. | http://www.bcchildrens.ca/about/news-stories/stories/back-to-school-wellness-toolkit | | 2023-09-12T07:00:00Z | | |
| BC Children’s Hospital celebrates over 5,000 interactions between patients, families and their furriest volunteers | <img alt="" src="/news-stories-site/PublishingImages/Glen%20and%20Olive.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | BC Children’s Hospital celebrates over 5,000 interactions between patients, families and their furriest volunteers | BC Children’s Hospital is celebrating a pawsome milestone of furry interactions between their therapy pets and patients and families accessing care. | http://www.bcchildrens.ca/about/news-stories/stories/bc-children’s-hospital-celebrates-over-5-000-interactions-between-patients-families-and-their-furriest-volunteers | | 2023-08-16T07:00:00Z | | |
| Updated Breathr app brings free mindfulness practices to staff, youth, parents and caregivers | <img alt="" src="/news-stories-site/PublishingImages/breathr2.png" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | Updated Breathr app brings free mindfulness practices to staff, youth, parents and caregivers | The free Breathr 3.0 app offers a variety of simple mindfulness practices and guided meditations that can be used anywhere, anytime to support your mental health and well-being. | http://www.bcchildrens.ca/about/news-stories/stories/updated-breathr-app-brings-free-mindfulness-practices-to-staff-youth-parents-and-caregivers | | 2023-08-14T07:00:00Z | | |
| Doctors urge window safety to protect children from falls | <img alt="" src="/news-stories-site/PublishingImages/window.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | Doctors urge window safety to protect children from falls | BC Children’s Hospital physicians ask parents and caregivers to ensure windows are safe to open as temperatures rise. | http://www.bcchildrens.ca/about/news-stories/stories/medical-experts-encourage-window-safety-to-protect-children | | 2023-08-14T07:00:00Z | | |
| BC Children’s sounds alarm about youth playing with fire | <img alt="" src="/news-stories-site/PublishingImages/tiktok-1-6488227-1689894451619.png" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | BC Children’s sounds alarm about youth playing with fire | Physicians are seeing an increase in the severity of burns at the hospital and are warning parents and youth to talk about how playing with fire can cause life-changing injuries or death. | http://www.bcchildrens.ca/about/news-stories/stories/bc-children’s-sounds-alarm-about-youth-playing-with-fire | | 2023-08-11T07:00:00Z | | |
| Provincial partnership results in guidance to help health-care providers recognize and treat pediatric sepsis | <img alt="" src="/PublishingImages/sepsis-toolkit-story-external-thumbnail.png" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | Provincial partnership results in guidance to help health-care providers recognize and treat pediatric sepsis | New guidelines and an online toolkit are designed for clinicians to assist pediatric patients presenting to emergency departments or urgent care centres. | http://www.bcchildrens.ca/about/news-stories/stories/provincial-partnership-results-in-guidance-to-help-healthcare-providers-recognize-and-treat-pediatric-sepsis | | 2023-07-04T07:00:00Z | | |
| Wraparound supports expanded for young people | <img alt="" src="/news-stories-site/PublishingImages/-4820228993882028791.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | Wraparound supports expanded for young people | Young people with addictions challenges will now have access to more wraparound supports to get the help they need in hospital and the community on their pathway to wellness. | http://www.bcchildrens.ca/about/news-stories/stories/wraparound-supports-expanded-for-young-people | | 2023-06-28T07:00:00Z | | |
| Children and climate change anxiety: When wildfire smoke rolls in | <img alt="" src="/news-stories-site/PublishingImages/GettyImages-1130186653.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | Children and climate change anxiety: When wildfire smoke rolls in | Smoke from wildfires can have a negative impact on the mental health of children. BC Children’s Hospital psychologist Dr. Christine Korol gives advice for parents and caregivers on how to help anxious kids. | http://www.bcchildrens.ca/about/news-stories/stories/children-and-climate-change-anxiety-when-wildfire-smoke-rolls-in | | 2023-06-22T07:00:00Z | | |
