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Patient Information Leaflets
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Corneal abrasion
Explains how to care for your eye at home following a scratch to the eye
Croup
Explains how to care for your child at home if they have croup
Deep Vein Thrombosis
Explains how a DVT may affect you and what treatment to expect.
Dental pain
Gives advice on next steps for people who have attended A&E with toothache
Driving after injury
Advice on driving legally and safety following an injury resulting in a visit to the Emergency Department (A&E).
DVT Clinic at the Royal Berkshire Hospital
What you can expect on your first visit to the Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) Clinic at the RBH
DVT removal and venous stenting
Explains what deep vein thrombosis (DVT) removal and venous stenting is, what happens before, during and after the procedure, and the outcomes and the risks
Elbow dislocation
Gives advice on how to care for your elbow at home following correction of an elbow dislocation in A&E
Elbow injury discharge advice
Gives advice on how to care for your injury at home
Emergency contraception
Emergency Department (A&E) advice on the safe use of emergency contraception
Epistaxis (nosebleed) advice
Gives advice on how to cope with nosebleeds at home
Febrile convulsions in children
Information for parents / carers of children fitting due to a raised temperature - explains what a febrile convulsion is, how it is treated and any likely after effects
First fit or seizure
Advice following diagnosis of a first fit or seizure in the Emergency Department (A&E)
First seizure (no temperature) in children
For children, young people and their parents and carers - some basic general information on seizures and safety
Following a death in the Emergency Department (A&E) - Advice for relatives
Guides friends and relatives through some arrangements that they need to make and the options they have
Forearm crutches
Gives advice on how best to use prescribed crutches to take weight off one of your legs / ankles / feet
Foreign bodies in the nose
Explains treatment given when a child attends the Emergency Department with a foreign body in the nose
Gastroenteritis in children
Explains what the condition is, how it will affect your child and how the infection is treated
Head injury (Adults)
What to look out for following discharge from A&E following a head injury
Head injury (Child)
What to look out for when a child is discharged from A&E following a head injury