Soluable Solve

Instead of dissolving Prevacid or other types of "water soluable tablets" in a med cup then trying/failing to pull it all up in the syringe, drop the solutab directly into a big 60ml syringe, replace the plunger, then draw up water. You don't lose any of the medicine this way, and you don't have to wash a med cup!

Homemade Sanitizing Wipe

When sharing equipment that needs to be disinfected (stethoscope, thermometer, etc) if you don't have alcohol wipes you can wipe them down with hand sanitizer placed on a tissue or baby wipe!

Call Ahead

When heading out to a new place call ahead. Let them know that you are coming, and what to expect. You can also find out from them about accessibility, crowds, noise levels, etc. Everyone wins when you call ahead.

Not just a breast pad...

Breast pads can be used to control leaks around extra leaky gtubes.  Just take a pad and a pair of clean scissors and make a cut halfway through the pad.  Wrap around the gtube stoma and secure.  You can tape breast pads around gtube extension connectors (the "Y" port) to help control disconnects and leaks during the night too!

Extra Gloves

Have extra gloves from trach care kits, cath kits or overstock.  Medical gloves are great hand protection for:

- Crafts
- Painting
- House Cleaning
- Gardening
- Raw Meat Handling
- Taking out the Trash
- Yard Work
- Bathroom Cleaning
- Hair Dying
- Clothing Dye
- Hand Washed Laundry
- Car Washing
- Pet Care

Saline "Bullet" Multi-Use

Many parents receive bulk quantities of saline "bullets" (hypertonic saline) per month from their durable medical equipment (DME) supplier to be used for suctioning assistance in kiddos with tracheostomy tubes.  But did you know that Saline Bullets can also be used for the following:

- Contact Lenses Storage and Cleaning
- Healing Wound Wash
- Sterile Rinse for Stoma sites, i.e. gtubes, colostomy, tracheostomy, etc.
- Eye Drops or Eye Rinse
- A nebulized solution to break up thick lung secretions
- Blood Stop (refrigerate saline and droplet on small cuts/scratches to inhibit bleeding)
- Neti Pot Use
- Pet Care (eye, nose, ear drops, wound wash)

No Need to Crush

Instead of crushing pills that are water
or liquid soluble (dissolve quickly), drop
whole pills into an oral syringe and
draw up water into the syringe.  Cap the syringe
(if a cap is available) and let sit until
dissolved.  Give it a good shake
and admin.