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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

Laurel Place Inpatient Stroke Rehabilitation Unit - Patient and Family Handbook (Surrey Memorial Hospital) [English] Permalink Public

Surrey Memorial Hospital Stroke Rehabilitation Unit offers a bridge from acute care to home. The unit provides inpatient rehabilitation to adults who have had a stroke. It is located at Laurel Place, close to Surrey Memorial Hospital. This handbook tells you about the unit and what to expect when you or a family member is staying on the unit and preparing to go home. (English) Colour

Supporting people who use substances - A brief guide for friends and family [English] Permalink Public

Helping people address their substance use involves helping them express and reach their goals. Anyone who has contact with people who may be using substances in harmful or risky ways has a unique opportunity to influence the way they think and feel about their use, and help them make changes to reduce the harms they are experiencing or causing in others. (English)

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Dialysis and Care of Your Fistula/Graft [English] Permalink Public

Caring for your fistula or graft is an important part of a kidney patient's disease management. This pamphlet provides information on keeping one's fistula/graft clean, and what to do before and after dialysis. (English) Colour

Exercises for Your Fistula [English] Permalink Public

This fact sheet provides three different exercises to strengthen the muscles and veins in your arm in order to make your fistula easier to see and use. (English) Colour

Intensive Care Unit - Visitor Information (Royal Columbian Hospital) [English] Permalink Public

This pamphlet provides some practical information for family and visitors of ICU patients at Royal Columbian Hospital including general policy and visitation guidelines. (English) Colour

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Instructions & Diary After a Pain Management Treatment (Fraser Health) [English] Permalink Public

This pamphlet contains a diary in tabular form allowing you to track your pain level following an injection for pain relief. (English) Colour

Functional Limitation Checklist (Surrey Memorial Hospital) [English] Permalink Under Revision

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 functional limitation checklist covers activities of daily living, productivity, leisure, and physical limitations. (English) Black & White

General Instructions - Post-op Discharge Instructions (Mission Memorial Hospital, Abbotsford Regional Hospital and Cancer Centre) [English] Permalink Public

This pamphlet provides more general information for discharged post-operative patients. This covers such areas as permitted activities, dressing care, and when to follow up with your family doctor or surgeon. (English) Colour