Treatment aids

Treatment aids are medical aids and equipment that you need at home or in an institution after you have been discharged from hospital. This can be obtained from the Treatment Aid Center (also called BHM).

The treatment aid center is not the same as the NAV aid center.

The specialist health service (hospital) is responsible for lending out medical equipment. 

What equipment do you get from the treatment aid centre? 

Medical equipment can e.g. be ventilator, CPAP, High flow, inhalation equipment, saturation meter, oxygen, suction, cough machine and the like. Other equipment that can be obtained via BHM is a nasal probe, a button (gastrostomy), syringes for food and medicine, a food pump, and other necessary equipment that you need in that connection. Admittedly, this may vary somewhat between health regions (different organisations), so that in some health regions it is the pharmacy which is responsible for the delivery of some equipment.

How to get treatment aids?

To get treatment aids, the child's doctor in the specialist health service must apply for the equipment the child needs.

It is also the doctor's responsibility that the child and necessary carers (e.g. parents, BPA, home care) receive good and comprehensible training in the use of the equipment and treatment aids.

Contact the child's doctor, if necessary. contact nurse at the hospital to obtain the correct treatment aids.

To find your treatment aids department, see national overview of Treatment Aid Centres.

Ordering equipment

Ordering disposable equipment is done differently from healthcare provider to healthcare provider. With most you can order by e-mail and telephone, and with some you can also order via helsenorge.no.

You can ask BHM for help in creating an order list of your child's equipment, so that it will be easier for both parties to carry out the orders.

We have also created an editable or print-ready order list here, which you can download:

Error messages / damaged equipment

As long as it can wait until a normal working day, you call BHM during opening hours. They deliver replacement equipment while the equipment is being repaired. 

If treatment aids are very necessary, you can call the children's department you belong to directly and ask for help.

NB! You should of course call 113 if there is vital equipment and the child can/will die without it.

Holidays with children with medical needs

If you are on holiday in Norway and have forgotten equipment, or need a lot of equipment to stay awake over time, contact your local BHM to arrange delivery/collection of equipment elsewhere in the country. It is important to do this in good time.

Here we have compiled an overview about what is important to remember if you are going on holiday with children who have medical needs.

No longer needed 

If you no longer need medical equipment, this must be handed in. In most cases, all disposable equipment that has not been used must not be returned, but it may be a good idea to double-check with your local BHM anyway.

Good to know

• Download the app to helsenorge.no - there you have an overview of prescriptions, medicines and some can order treatment aids via helsenorge
• BHM can deliver the equipment to your home.
• Some BHMs have a medical hotline that you can call if vital equipment is damaged outside opening hours, while other BHMs do not and where you then have to contact the department of the hospital you belong to, the emergency room or, in the worst case, call 113.
• If you find that BHM is restrictive on the delivery of certain types of equipment and e.g. think you are going to reuse disposable equipment, you should contact the doctor accompanying the child to obtain a medical certificate explaining the need in more detail.
• Some BHMs have their own telephone lines and routes for the delivery of oxygen.
• Medical equipment, consumables/disposable equipment, service and repair are free. You do not need a prescription, but with some it may still be advantageous to get a blue prescription for "measurement and administration of medicines", as that is not all the small equipment BHM has for this purpose, e.g. medicine glass for drawing up the mixture on probe syringes, etc.
• Along the way, the need for disposable equipment may change, or that the "apparatus" itself no longer suits the treatment. If you need a change in disposable equipment, contact BHM. Often they have a good solution. Alternatively, you can talk to the contact nurse or the department you belong to. If it is to be changed to a completely different device, the doctor responsible for treatment often has to write a new application.
• If the child has been hospitalized for a long time, and you know that you must bring equipment home, it may be wise for the doctor to apply early in the stay.