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Step-by-Step Farrell Valve Bag Instructions
Your child needs nutrition and good calories through his or her enteral feedings—not excess air bubbles. A key part of a feeding system is a Farrell Valve bag, which...
How to Unclog Feeding Tubes With a Clog Zapper
If your child uses a feeding tube, you know it helps conveniently provide necessary nutrition and sometimes medications. But not when it’s clogged. Clogged feeding tubes interrupt important feedings and can...
Happy National Nutrition Month!
PHS is celebrating National Nutrition Month and this year’s the theme is “Eat Right with Color.” Fruits and vegetables are rich sources of vitamins and minerals thus providing many...
Cost Effective Corner- Tips from John Sheahan
Please take a minute to think about the way you currently use medical supplies, and how you can safely adapt your use to optimize insurance dollars. PHS is commonly...
How to Prepare Powdered Formula for Your Tube Fed Child
For most parents, a mealtime challenge is getting a child to eat his or her vegetables or clean the plate. For parents who tube feed children with special needs...
We’re Thankful to Provide Your Home Care Services
Thank you. And you. And you, too. All of us at PHS are so thankful to provide homecare services to your child and your family. You are a great...
Protecting Home Medical Equipment From Summer Storm Power Outages
Lightning, thunder, dark skies and sirens during summer storms are upsetting. Yet power outages from thunderstorms and tornadoes can be very dangerous for kids who depend on home health...
Living in harmony with your kids’ special needs helpers at home
When children with special medical needs come home from the hospital, they don’t come alone. In addition to equipment and supplies, your kid’s special needs typically require the services...