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This handout is a section in the "Congenital Heart Conditions" notebook. Useful for all patients, it gives step-by-step instructions on how and when to take one's own blood pressure, as well as how to record the reading.

This handout provides a checklist of comfort measures you may want to use during labor.

This handout describes chemical perfusion treatment for patients with Meniere's disease, sensorineural hearing loss, autoimmune inner ear disease, and tinnitus. How the treatment works, the treatment methods, expected results, and possible side effects or risks are discussed.

This handout explains the chest X-ray exam, which is done to assess the lungs, heart, and chest wall. It includes how the exam works, how to prepare for it, what to expect, and how to get the results.

This handout describes chickenpox and its symptoms. It also explains how this disease can be spread and offers steps to prevent others from getting it.

This brochure explains the services offered by the Child Development Clinic at the Center on Human Development and Disability. The center serves children from birth to adolescence who may have developmental delays, learning problems, sensory/motor concerns, behavioral challenges, and problems with attention or impulsiveness, and autism.

This handout provides information on classes for expectant families offered at UWMC. Included are Childbirth Preparation Series, Labor and Birth Mini-Series, Expecting Multiples, Better Birth Refresher, Working with Labor Pain, Preventing Preterm Birth, Breastfeeding Basics, Newborn Care and Life with Baby, Newborn Care for Adoptive Families, Conscious Fathering, Babysafe with Infant CPR, and Sibling Preparation classes. These classes are offered in collaboration with Parent Trust for Washington State Children.

This handout explains the common responses that children of different ages have to serious illness and death. Typical developmental stages are given for birth to age 3, ages 4 to 7, ages 8 to 12, and ages 13 to 18.

This handout give important safety guidelines about bringing children who are not patients to University of Washington Medical Center.

This brochure details the causes of a blocked airway and offers tips to prevent choking. The steps for choking rescue techniques, the Heimlich maneuver, are given for a conscious adult, for an unconscious adult, and for doing it on yourself.

This handout gives tips on how to choose a primary care provider for a newborn, with special attention to the needs of a NICU baby.

This handout gives a schedule of the healthcare visits that are advised for new babies during their first year of life. It includes advice on how to find a primary care provider for your child and lists clinics in the greater Seattle area that offer pediatric care.

This handout explains the steps to take when choosing or renewing a health insurance plan. Taking these steps will help make sure your expected healthcare needs will be met, and that you can continue to receive your care at a UW Medicine facility.

This handout describes chorionic villus sampling (CVS). It explains how CVS is done, what happens during the test, how to prepare, and when test results will be received.

This handout explains chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS), an inflammation in the nose and sinus cavities that lasts at least 3 months. It include what causes CRS, how it is diagnosed, and how it is treated.

This handout explains chronic total occlusion (CTO) of a coronary artery. It includes how CTO is diagnosed and assessed, and treatment options at University of Washington Medical Center.

This handout explains the benefits and risks of circumcision, and how to plan for a circumcision at UW Nieghborhood Clinics. This document is a chapter in the workbook "Baby Care," authored by the Mother Baby Unit at University of Washington Medical Center.

This handout explains the drug cisplatin, which is used to treat cancer. The handout includes how to manage common side effects.

This handout explains the 14 steps to follow to clean and disinfect urinary drainage bags for reuse.

This handout outlines the supplies needed and steps to follow to sterilize red rubber catheters.

This chapter of the Heart Transplant Manual explains clinical procedures, follow-up care, and diagnostic tests after heart transplant.

This handout gives instructions to follow when taking the medicine Clomid. It includes information about follow-up labs and doctor visits.

This handout describes Clostridium difficile and who is at risk for getting it. It also explains how this disease can be spread and offers steps to prevent others from getting it.

This handout, adapted from materials from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), explains how to make and wear cloth face coverings for protection from COVID-19 and other viruses. It includes important information on how to wear a face covering and when to wash it.

This brochure explains what to expect from and how to prepare for surgery to insert cochlear implants.