How to manage your child's fever (revised 2020)

Fevers are the body’s natural response to infection. It can be scary when your child has a fever, but fevers will not hurt your child. This video provides information about how to take your child’s temperature, how to manage their symptoms, and when to seek health care.

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This video was created through a collaboration between ECHO Research (University of Alberta), TREKK, and ARCHE (University of Alberta). Funding was provided by the Networks of Centres of Excellence and the Stollery Children’s Hospital Foundation through the Women and Children’s Health Research Institute. This video is subject to the Standard YouTube license and cannot be reproduced, modified, or distributed in any form without the expressed written consent of the creators.

0:00 How to manage your child’s fever
0:15 Use a digital thermometer
1:00 Normal Temperature Ranges
1:34 When does a fever occur
2:08 Medicines to help
2:45 What to monitor
3:55 What to do when your child has a Fever
4:37 What not to do
5:20 Seek emergency medical attention if
6:03 When to see a doctor?

**This video was previously uploaded in February 2019. It was re-uploaded with minor revisions in January 2020**