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Ways to steer clear of sickness from swimming
Swimming is one of the best highlights of summer for most kids. It’s a great way to beat the heat, stay active and have fun with friends. But one thing that is all too common during this time is catching a...
COVID-19 Resources
The Children’s Mercy Bioethics Center has collected resources addressing some of the ethical issues that we've encountered during the COVID-19 pandemic. We would like to share this information with you...
Simulation Training
Simulation Programs Training courses include a mobile program option where your staff can learn in the convenience of your own hospital or medical office setting. We also host training sessions through our...
How to get toddlers to follow directions
When your child is a toddler, they start to explore their independence and test boundaries – testing your patience along the way. They don’t always listen, and they want to do things on their own timeline.
Healthy Homes Training Opportunities
Workshops for community groups and professional healthy home training courses for health workers, housing, public health and environmental professionals.
¿Cuándo y adónde ir?: ¿Sala de Emergencias o Centro de Atención de Urgencias?
Cuando su niño necesita atención médica y usted no puede esperar que el consultorio de su médico esté abierto, ¿adónde debería ir?
Gifts Moms really want for Mother’s Day
I never truly appreciated what my mother did for me until I became a mom myself. And now I know. Being a mother is the hardest, most beautiful and challenging role of all. But I wouldn’t trade it for...
Life skills teens want to know
When you are sent off into the world after high school, you are expected to know so much. Not only all the reading, writing and arithmetic that school has taught, but so much more. Here is a list of some...
Visual Diagnosis
A 2-year-old boy is brought to the emergency department by his mother for six days of fever with a maximum temperature of 103 F. See if you can select the best alternative to amoxicillin suspension for...
7 ways to keep pools safe this summer
Multiple layers of protection are needed to prevent drowning. Drowning continues to be the leading cause of unintentional injury death for children aged 1 to 4 years and they are more likely to drown in a...
What to Expect: Common Questions about Radiation
Providing safe, expert imaging for your child Modern medicine provides us various types of advanced imaging to look inside your child’s body for diagnosis or to rule out a medical condition. Some of these...
Center for Pectus Excavatum and Pectus Carinatum at Children’s Mercy
Pectus excavatum (sunken chest) and pectus carinatum (protruding breastbone) are the two most common chest wall anomalies in children. The Center for Pectus Excavatum and Pectus Carinatum at Children’s...
Scoliosis: Signs and Symptoms
Wondering if your child may have scoliosis? Read about the most common signs and symptoms, and how to get care.
Child Protector App
Child Protector assists Children’s Protective Services, law enforcement, attorneys and medical personnel when evaluating children who may have been physically abused.
Spinal Muscular Atrophy Treatments
Children’s Mercy rehabilitation medicine physicians offer cutting-edge treatments for children with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA). Currently, there are two FDA-approved treatment options for SMA, Spinraza...
Recommendations for Inclusion or Exclusion from Daycare/School
There is no evidence based support for exclusion or isolation of children with bacterial or viral conjunctivitis. Arguments in support of isolation include reports of epidemic outbreaks in enclosed...
Supporting Our Schools
Our commitment to do more for kids is at the heart of everything we do. That’s why we are dedicated to partnering with schools to help the kids in our community. From our Athletic Training Program to...
Atopic Dermatitis: Infected - Impetigo (Staph Aureus)
Can be bullous (bullae forming) or non-bullous impetigo. Often from secondary scratching. Non-bullous impetigo: yellow, honey-colored crusting usually within areas of eczema. ...
Violencia de pareja íntima
¿Alguna vez siente que usted o sus niños no están seguros en su hogar? ¿Le preocupa que alguien que usted conoce no esté seguro/a en el hogar? Hay esperanza y hay ayuda.
Fundraising for Kids
Planning an in-person event or online fundraiser to benefit Children’s Mercy is exciting! Not only do you become a champion for the 1 in 3 families in our region who come to us seeking expert care and...