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Welcome to the Hospital - Care Journal for Patients and Families (Fraser Health) [English] Permalink Public

This booklet gives you information to help you during your hospital stay. Use this booklet to record treatments, tests, and results. It is also a place where you can write down questions or concerns so you can remember to talk to us about them. (English) Colour

This booklet is a package that contains the following individual information sheets: Introduction to Welcome to the Hospital - Care Journal for Patients and Families (264554).

Community Chronic Pain Program - Booklet [English] Permalink Public

Someone from a specific health profession or program usually gives this resource to the person who needs it and reviews it with them. Before using this information, please review it with someone from that profession or program.

This resource booklet is for clients attending the 8 week chronic pain self-management program. The booklet contains Understanding Pain, Belly Breathing, Guide to Goals and Action Plans, Energy Conservation, Mindfulness, Movement, Stress Management, Sleep Wellness, Managing Moods, Trauma and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Healthy Supports, Moving Forward, Flare-up Plan, Nutrition and Pain, Resilience, My Pain Management Roadmap, and My actions plans for the week: Moving towards my goals. (English) Colour

This booklet is a package that contains the following individual information sheets: Belly Breathing (267835), Guide to Goals and Action Plans (267836), Mindfulness (267838), Movement (267839), Energy Conservation (267837), Stress Management (267840), Sleep Wellness (267841), Trauma and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) (267843), Healthy Supports (267844), Moving forward (267845), Flare-Up Plan (267846), Resilience (267847), My Pain Management Roadmap (267848), My actions plans for the week: Moving toward my goals (267849), Understanding Pain (267834), Managing Moods (267842), Nutrition and Pain (267868).

Pneumothorax [English] Permalink Public

A Pneumothorax is what is commonly called a collapsed lung. A pneumothorax happens when air enters the space between the rib cage and one of your lungs. The air causes part (or all) of the lung to collapse. (English) Colour

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Headaches [English] Permalink Public

Headaches are one of the most common complaints in both children and adults. Most headaches are temporary. They are caused by tension of the muscles of the face, neck and scalp. (English) Colour

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Gallstones [English] Permalink Public

Gallstones are hard, stone-like deposits that form in the gallbladder. This factsheet provides an overview about gallstones including treatment at home, symptoms, prevention and when to get help. (English) Colour

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Vertigo (Fraser Health) [English] Permalink Public

Vertigo (sounds like ‘ver-tee-go’) is commonly called ‘Dizziness’. It can be a feeling of being light-headed or feeling faint. It can also be a feeling of spinning, whirling, or the room around you spinning. Vertigo can make it hard to stand or walk and you may feel off balance. It can also make you feel sick to your stomach (nauseated). (English) Colour

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English (254261), Chinese - Traditional (262200), Punjabi (262201), Korean (262202), Farsi (262203), Vietnamese (264500), Chinese - Simplified (264499), Arabic (264498)

Sick Day Management for Type 1 Diabetes and Insulin Guidelines [English] Permalink Public

A bad cold, the flu or a serious illness can make your blood glucose too high. If you are unable to eat your usual foods your blood glucose may go too low. Follow these guidelines to help you stay out of hospital. (English) Colour

Sick Day Management for Type 2 Diabetes [English] Permalink Public

A bad cold, the flu or a serious injury can make your blood glucose too high. People not usually taking insulin may need to take insulin when they are sick. On the other hand when you take diabetes medication (pills and/or insulin) and cannot eat your usual foods, your blood glucose may go too low. Follow these guidelines to help you stay out of hospital. (English) Colour

High Intensity Rehabilitation (Surrey Memorial Hospital, Eagle Ridge Hospital) [English] Permalink Public

Rehabilitation includes a number of different treatments, but the focus of all rehabilitative therapies is to improve function. A care team consisting of physicians, nurses, therapists, and a variety of health professionals will work with you and your family to address your unique needs. (English) Colour

Laurel Place Patient and Family Handbook (Surrey Memorial Hospital) [English] Permalink Public

Surrey Memorial Hospital Specialized Rehabilitation Unit offers a bridge from acute care to outpatient services by providing inpatient rehabilitation to adults with new physical and/or mental impairments (leg amputation, stroke, brain injury, etc). (English) Colour