Family Learning Center Resources

This interactive video demonstrates how to perform a trach change on your child.

This interactive video demonstrates when and how to change the ties that keep your child’s tracheostomy secure.

This interactive learning module from Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia lets you practice how to prepare a 70/30 insulin dose for injection. 

This interactive learning module from Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia lets you practice how to prepare a Basal or Bolus insulin dose for injection. 

This video demonstrates how to give insulin using a pre-filled pen, including where and how to give the injection, supplies you’ll need, how to dispose of the used pen needle, and more. En español.

This video demonstrates how to operate the portable suction machine used for suctioning tracheostomy patients.

This learning module demonstrates how to give an intramuscular injection. Topics include gathering supplies needed, preparing the syringe and vial, drawing up the medicine, preparing your child for the injection, giving the injection, and disposing of the needle.

This learning module offers help and guidance for reconstituting medicine (changing powdered medicine into a liquid) from a single or multidose vial. It also allows you to practice the steps for giving this medicine as a subcutaneous injection.

This interactive video explains the signs, symptoms and causes of low blood sugar, how the body is affected, and what you can do to correct a low blood sugar when detected.

This video demonstrates how to suction a patient’s tracheostomy using a straight catheter.

This video demonstrates how to suction a patient’s tracheostomy using an in-line catheter.

This video demonstrates how to use a metered dose inhaler (MDI) with a spacer and a mask, including when and how to prime it, when and how to take your inhaled medication with a spacer, and more.

This video demonstrates how to use a metered dose inhaler (MDI) with a spacer and a mouthpiece, including when and how to prime it, when and how to take your inhaled medication with a spacer, and more.

In this video, you will learn how to prepare and administer your child's humatrope growth hormone injection. 

This short animation will help you and your child prepare for your upcoming colonoscopy visit with CHOP. It will help your child know what to expect on the day of their appointment, who and what they will see, and what will happen before, during, and after their visit.

This short animation will help you and your child prepare for your upcoming endoscopy visit with CHOP. It will help your child know what to expect on the day of their appointment, who and what they will see, and what will happen before, during, and after their visit.

This short animation will help you and your child prepare for your upcoming endoscopy and colonoscopy visit with CHOP. It will help your child know what to expect on the day of their appointment, who and what they will see, and what will happen before, during, and after their visit.

This video provides step-by-step instructions on how to administer Solu-Cortef emergency injection (hydrocortisone injection), also called a "stress dose," during an emergency. The video is also available in Spanish and Arabic.

This video reviews important information that families should know when preparing for a tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy.

This interactive video demonstrates how to keep your child’s stoma clean and free from infection.

This learning module will help you practice suctioning your child's tracheostomy with a straight or in-line catheter using your portable suction machine.