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Procedures and treatments

Preparing a child for a procedure or treatment can be an anxious occasion. Great Ormond Street Hospital have produced a number of factsheets to help explain what will happen and what to expect.

More information to support your procedure or treatment at GOSH

Removing a halo vest in an emergency

Information about removing a halo vest in an emergency, from Great Ormond Street Hospital.

Repair of the middle ear

This page explains about a repair of the middle ear and what to expect when your child comes to Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) to have this procedure.

Resuscitation

When a person’s breathing and heart stops, this is called cardiopulmonary arrest. To help re-start the breathing and heart, cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) can be used. This page from Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) describes what CPR involves and

Resuscitation: basic life support of babies and children with a tracheostomy

Each year, a number of babies and children will suffer an accident or illness severe enough to stop them breathing (respiratory arrest). In a small number of these cases, it will even stop their heart beating (cardiac arrest).

Routine pregnancy testing before treatment

Some procedures carry a risk to unborn babies. These procedures include some (but not all) x-rays, scans and operations. The NHS Commissioning Board Special Health Authority and the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) have said we hav

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