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Virtual Health: Connecting from Home Using WhatsApp (Fraser Health) [English] Permalink Public

Virtual Health allows you to see, hear, talk, and/or text to members of your healthcare team from your home. Here are some common questions about virtual health visits, how they are arranged, and risks related to using this type of technology. Specifically, it describes download and how to use WhatsApp for your scheduled Virtual Health Visits. (English) Colour

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English (266456), Arabic (266595), Chinese - Simplified (266596), Punjabi (266594)

Celiac Plexus Block (Lower Mainland) [English] Permalink Public

This procedure helps ease abdomen (belly) pain caused from such things as cancer or chronic pancreatitis. The celiac (or solar) plexus is a bundle of nerves in the upper abdomen near the aorta (main artery in your abdomen). The nerves send pain messages from your abdomen to your brain. Blocking these nerves can help ease the pain. (English) Colour

Aspen Collar (Burnaby 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.

An Aspen collar is used to keep your neck in the right position while it is healing and also supports your neck muscles. This fact sheet provides information on how to use this supportive device. (English) Colour

Gender Affirming Surgery - Chest Construction (Fraser Health) [English] Permalink Public

Chest construction refers to two procedures. Bilateral mastectomy is the removal of breast tissue. Chest contouring is the sculpting of your chest tissue. These procedures are done together to give your chest a male appearance (English) Colour

If You Want to Die Naturally at Home - Patient and Family Instructions [English] Permalink Public

Page 2 of this form provides information for those facing end of life decisions, specifically what arrangements are required and which people to contact if your decision is to die naturally in your own home. (English)

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https://www2.gov.bc.ca/assets/gov/health/forms/302...

Bladder Removal Surgery (Fraser Health) [English] Permalink Public

Information booklet on your surgery and recovery at home after having bladder removal surgery. You are having surgery (an operation) to remove your whole bladder. This surgery is done to treat bladder cancer. Replaces #265736 (English) Colour

Diabetes Shopping List (Fraser Health) [English] Permalink Public

Diabetes shopping list to obtain the supplies needed to manager your diabetes. (English) Colour

Diabetes Journal [English] Permalink Public

A journal for tracking your blood sugar levels before and after meals. (English) Colour

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English (262238), Hindi (264201), Punjabi (264200), Urdu (264202)

Urinary Catheter: Care at Home (Child) [English] Permalink Public

Your child has come home from the hospital with a urinary catheter. A catheter is a thin tube. A urinary catheter drains urine (pee) from your child's bladder to the outside of the body. There are some things you need to do to look after your child's catheter at home. Parents and older children can learn how to care for a catheter. Before your child goes home, a nurse will show you what to do. This page also explains what to do. There are different types of urinary catheters: A Foley catheter enters your child's bladder through the tube that carries urine out of the body (the urethra). A suprapubic catheter enters your child's bladder through a cut in the belly. You care for both these catheters the same way. Audio available. (English)

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http://www.aboutkidshealth.ca/En/HealthAZ/TestsAnd...

Liver Surgery (Fraser Health) [English] Permalink Public

You are having surgery (an operation) on your liver to remove (resect) a growth or tumor. This surgery is also called a ‘Liver Resection’. Your surgery and recovery at home following Liver Surgery. Replaces catalogue #265476 (English) Colour