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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.
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.
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.
BC Children’s Hospital 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.
Designing a brand new clinical program for children with health complexity
From February to April 2023, 25 people from different health-care backgrounds came together to begin developing a new set of services for children and youth living with health complexity.
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.
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.
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.
New substance use beds help young adult men living with addictions in BC
Young adult men living with addictions in British Columbia will have access to more treatment and recovery services, with the opening of new substance-use beds in Surrey and Vancouver.
Tips for wildfire smoke and children
Smoke from wildfires can trigger serious health issues for children, especially if they have chronic respiratory or heart conditions.