Information Leaflets & Videos
The SPEG Nurses Group have developed leaflets and videos to provide support and information to families with children who have endocrine conditions.
A Full Selection of Adrenal Insufficiency Guidelines can be found here:
List of Adrenal Insufficiency Guidelines
SPEG Medication Videos
This short video (with subtitles) details the procedure for administering an emergency Intramuscular Hydrocortisone injection using a ready-diluted preparation (Hydrocortisone Sodium Phosphate):
This short video (with subtitles) details the procedure for administering an emergency Intramuscular Hydrocortisone injection using a powdered formula that requires dilution prior to administration (Hydrocortisone Sodium Succinate):
Videos
The What? Why? Children in Hospital website has lots of videos online to help children and young people prepare for their hospital visit. This includes information videos around blood tests, MRIs and cannulas.
- https://www.whatwhychildreninhospital.org.uk/videos
- https://www.whatwhychildreninhospital.org.uk/anxious-blood-test
- https://www.whatwhychildreninhospital.org.uk/blood-test
- https://www.whatwhychildreninhospital.org.uk/cannula
- https://www.whatwhychildreninhospital.org.uk/video-happens-in-mri
Leaflets
- Adrenarche – Parent Information Booklet
- Precocious Puberty in Girls: A Parents Guide
- Insulin Tolerance Test (ITT): Information for Patients, Parents and Carers
- Human Chorionic Gonadotrophin (hCG) Test: Information for Patients, Parents and Carers
- Growth Hormone Deficiency – A young person’s guide
- Arginine Test: Information for Patients, Parents and Carers (leaflet currently under review)
- Precocious Puberty in Boys: A Guide for Parents and Carers
- Gonadotrophin-Releasing Hormone (GnRH) Test: Information for Patients, Parents and Carers
- How to Give Thyroxine to Babies and Children: Information for Patients, Parents and Carers
- Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) leaflet