Patients & Caregivers

Patient education videos

On this page, you will find videos on a variety of topics. Please scroll down to see the full list of available categories.

Side effects

This video series explains how to manage common side effects of cancer treatment.

Bleeding: During and After Cancer Treatment

Constipation: During and After Cancer Treatment

Decreased immune system (immunocompromised)

Diarrhea: During and After Cancer Treatment

Fatigue: During and After Cancer Treatment

Fever: During and After Cancer Treatment

Lymphedema: What it is and When to Seek Treatment

Make Every Bite Count: How to Eat and Drink When Not Feeling Well

Mucositis: During and After Cancer Treatment

Nausea and Vomiting: During and After Cancer Treatment

Neutropenia: During and After Cancer Treatment

Pain: During and After Cancer Treatment

Peripheral Neuropathy: During and After Cancer Treatment

Sexual health and cancer

Supportive Care Services

This video series includes a recording of the food safety class for people who are immunocompromised and explains what to expect with supportive services such as medical nutrition and physical therapy.

Food Safety

Medical Nutrition Therapy

Physical Therapy

Survivorship

This video explains what to expect as a patient in the Survivorship Clinic.

The Survivorship Clinic

Shine

This video takes you on a tour of Fred Hutch's retail store, Shine, which offers essential oncology products, services and guidance.

Shine

Prevention and Screening

This video series explains steps you can take to prevent cancer and help find cancer early.

Cancer 101: Cancer Prevention and Screening

What is lung cancer screening?

Integrative Medicine

In this series of audio clips, Fred Hutch's Integrative Medicine team guides you through mind body relaxation exercises to help reduce the physical and emotional effects of cancer.

4-7-8 Breath

The 4-7-8 breath is a simple relaxation practice that uses counting while breathing. This mind-body technique focuses your attention on regulating the breath to help relax the body.

Soft Belly

Soft belly is a yoga form of breathing. This is a gentle breathing exercise that engages your core abdominal muscles to help you enter a deep state of relaxation.

Passive Progressive Muscle Relaxation

This breathing technique guides you to relax each part of your body from head to toe.

Lemon Exercise

This short exercise introduces the way in which visualization can result in physical changes in the body. This exercise engages all of your senses and emotions as you imagine the process of eating a lemon.

Raisin Exercise

This short exercise introduces mindful awareness. This exercise brings you into the present moment and increases awareness of your senses. As you mindfully eat a raisin you connect with taste, touch and smell.

Passive Progressive Muscle Relaxation for Procedures

This breathing technique can be used in preparation for a procedure, and will guide you to relax each part of your body, from head to toe.

Housing

This video series takes you on a tour of Fred Hutch’s residential houses, Pete Gross House and South Lake Union House.

South Lake Union House

Pete Gross House

Diagnostic Imaging

This video series explains what to expect during common imaging exams.

PET/CT scan

Chemotherapy

This video takes you on a tour of Infusion services at the South Lake Union Clinic.

Infusion Services Tour at South Lake Union

Central Line Care

This video series explains how to care for a central venous catheter (central line).

Caring for your closed bulb drain

How to clean your central line with saline

How to flush your central line with saline

How to flush your central line with saline and heparin

How to protect your central line when showering

Cellular Immunotherapy

This video explains what to expect as a patient in the Bezos Family Immunotherapy Clinic.

Bezos Family Immunotherapy Clinic: What to expect

Breast Cancer

This video series explains how to care for a close bulb drain and what to expect with scalp cooling therapy.

Caring for your closed bulb drain

Scalp cooling therapy

Blood and Marrow Transplant

This video series explains what to expect as a patient in the Blood and Marrow Transplant (BMT) Program and includes recordings of classes for current BMT patients and families.