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Beyond the Intensive Care Unit - Recovering from a Critical Illness [English] Permalink Public

Although the Intensive Care Unit has been an essential part of your care, it is only one step along your road to recovery. The next step in your recovery journey is a move out of Critical Care and onto one of our nursing units. This booklet explains what to expect with the move to a nursing unit, and with this stage of your recovery. (English) Colour

Your Heart Surgery Journey – Your Surgery and Hospital Stay (Royal Columbian Hospital) [English] Permalink Public

This booklet describes how the open heart surgery is done and what to expect right after and for the first few days after surgery. Depending on the type of surgery, you also get one of these booklets: After Heart Bypass Surgery, After Heart Bypass and Valve Surgery, After Heart Valve Surgery and/or Aneurysm Repair. (English) Colour

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Nasogastric Tube Feeding - A Guide for Parents [English] Permalink Public

This booklet tells you about how to feed your child through their nasogastric (NG) tube feedings and how to take care of the equipment. This booklet also tells you what problems to look out for and what to do if they come up. (English) Colour

Minor (Open) Hernia Repair - Your Surgery and Recovery at Home (Fraser Health) [English] Permalink Public

Describes the surgery and care at home for the repair of groin hernia (inguinal or femoral), belly button hernia (umbilical), or a hernia related to a previous surgery (incisional). Replaces # 265496 (English) Colour

Community Mental Health and Substance Use Services: A guide for our clients and their families (Fraser Health) [English] Permalink Public

We have Mental Health and Substance Use Centres in every community within Fraser Health from Burnaby to Hope. Each centre offers a variety of services for adults 19 years and older. This booklet describes our services. (English) Colour

Your Heart Surgery Journey – Recovering at Home (Royal Columbian Hospital) [English] Permalink Public

Information in this book is intended as a reference for you and your family and as a guide for the next 6 to 8 weeks and beyond. The first 6 to 8 weeks after heart surgery are usually the most difficult. You might recover quite quickly if you were in good health before your surgery. However, your recovery could be slower if you were very sick before surgery or if you had a complication after surgery. (English) Colour

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Strengthening Exercise Band Routine [English] Permalink Public

A collection of resistance band exercises developed for patients with long-term lung conditions. (English)

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Welcome to Pediatrics (Abbotsford) [English] Permalink Public

Use this booklet to become more familiar with our unit. It includes safety information as well as information about unit routines and services. (English) Colour

Quick Guide: After a Mitral Valve Transcatheter Edge-to-Edge Repair (TEER) (Royal Columbian Hospital) [English] Permalink Public

Instructions for people who have had a Mitral Valve Transcatheter Edge-to-Edge Repair with a MitraClip© at Royal Columbian Hospital. It includes information on follow-up appointments, recovery at home, and when to get medical help. (English) Colour

A Guide to Your Stay in Hospital: Information for children and teens with eating disorders (Abbotsford Regional Hospital and Cancer Centre) [English] Permalink Public

This booklet is for children and teens in the hospital because of dangerous side effects of their eating disorder. It introduces them to the care team and describes what to expect. (English) Colour