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Safety Starts With Me: 5 STEPS to Keep Safe while in the Hospital [French] Permalink Public

While you are in the hospital, your care and safety is our top priority. You, your family, and friends play an important role in keeping you safe. Here are 5 simple steps to make your hospital stay as safe and positive as possible. (French) Colour

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My Medication Card [French] Permalink Public

Use this is a tool to record your current medicines and allergies. You can print it or fill it in online then print it. Save a copy for your files. Carry this list with you at all times. Share the list with your care team. (French) Colour

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Biliary Drainage (Lower Mainland) [French] Permalink Public

This pamphlet provides a brief description of the medical imaging procedure biliary drainage including information on who will be performing procedure?, prior to procedure instructions, what happens during procedure?, will it hurt?, how long it will take?, risks or complications, what happens afterwards?, follow-up instructions and information on who to contact if experiencing problems. Biliary drainage is a procedure to drain bile from your liver. Your liver makes bile and is needed to help you digest food. Normally, the bile ducts carry bile from your liver to your bowel, temporarily storing bile in the gallbladder. (French) Colour

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Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) brochure (Fraser Health) [French] Permalink Public

Medical Assistance in Dying’ (commonly called MAiD) is available along with other options for people who are approaching the end of their life. Other care can include keeping the person comfortable, controlling pain, and improving quality of life. This brochure gives you basic information about MAiD. We encourage you to talk with your loved ones about your wishes. Whatever you decide, we are here to give you the care you need and honour your wishes. (French) Colour

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Medical Equipment Provision Program (MEPP) (Fraser Health) [French] Permalink Public

This brochure outlines how to access and return medical equipment through the Medical Equipment Provision Program (MEPP). Vendor contact information is included. Included is space for your care provider to give you instructions and contact information. (French) Colour

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Angiography/Angiogram (Lower Mainland) [French] Permalink Public

This pamphlet provides a brief description of the medical imaging procedure angiography/angiogram including information on who will be performing procedure?, prior to procedure instructions, what happens during procedure?, will it hurt?, how long it will take?, risks or complications, what happens afterwards?, follow-up instructions and information on who to contact if experiencing problems. Angiography is procedure to look at arteries and veins in your body using x-rays. To help see the arteries and veins, an x‐ray dye (called contrast) is injected.This is called an angiogram. (French) Colour

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Nephrostomy Tube (Lower Mainland) [French] Permalink Public

This pamphlet provides a brief description of the medical imaging procedure nephrostomy tube including information on who will be performing procedure?, prior to procedure instructions, what happens during procedure?, will it hurt?, how long it will take?, risks or complications, what happens afterwards?, follow-up instructions and information on who to contact if experiencing problems. This is a thin plastic tube that goes through the skin of your lower back directly into a kidney. This tube drains urine from the kidney when urine cannot flow normally. X-ray, ultrasound, and fluoroscopy are used to guide the procedure. (French) Colour

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Paracentesis (Lower Mainland) [French] Permalink Public

This pamphlet provides a brief description of the medical imaging procedure paracentesis including information on who will be performing procedure?, prior to procedure instructions, what happens during procedure?, will it hurt?, how long it will take?, risks or complications, what happens afterwards?, follow-up instructions and information on who to contact if experiencing problems. Paracentesis is the removal of fluid from around the organs in your abdomen. This area is called the abdominal cavity. A build-up of fluid in the abdominal cavity is called ascites. There are a number of different reasons for this fluid build-up. You might already know why this has happened or this procedure might be done to help find out why. (French) Colour

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Liver Biopsy (Lower Mainland) [French] Permalink Public

A pre/post pamphlet including a brief description of medical imaging procedure, who will be performing procedure, prior to procedure instructions, what happens during procedure, will it hurt?, how long it will take, risks or complications, what happens afterwards, follow-up instructions and information on who to contact if experiencing problems.A liver biopsy is a way of taking a small piece of tissue from your liver using a special needle. A liver biopsy is done to check for any abnormalities seen on other tests you might have had (such as an ultrasound, x-ray, CT scan, or blood tests). It is also done to find the cause of jaundice, or to check for cirrhosis, hepatitis or liver cancer. (French) Colour

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