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Tunnelled Drainage Catheter for Ascites (Lower Mainland) [English] Permalink Public

This pamphlet provides a brief description of the medical imaging procedure: tunnelled Drainage Catheter for Ascites. It includes 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 type of flexible tubing that is used to drain the fluid (ascites) collecting in your belly (abdomen). One end of the catheter stays inside your body and the other end connects to a drainage container (bottle or bag). The bag drains the fluid by gravity. The bottle drains by a vacuum from within the bottle. (English) Colour

Facet Joint Injection (Lower Mainland) [English] Permalink Public

This procedure involves injecting a small amount of local anesthetic or steroid medication around a facet joint. Facet joints are small joints on the sides of bones that make up your spine, called vertebrae. An interventional radiologist does the procedure (a doctor who specializes in image guided procedures using x-ray and fluoroscopy) (English) Black & White

Preventing Pressure Injuries brochure [English] Permalink Public

Brochure about preventing pressure injuries also know pressure ulcer, a pressure sore, or bed sore. Pressure injuries can have a dangerous effect on your health and quality of life. This booklet will give you information about pressure injuries: what they are, how to recognize early warning signs, and how to prevent them. (English)

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https://vch.eduhealth.ca/PDFs/FO/FO.650.P928B.pdf

Primary and Community Care (Chilliwack) [English] Permalink Public

We have a team of registered nurses and licensed practical nurses who work with your local primary care provider to deliver care to you in the community. Our goal is to provide the right care, in the right place, at the right time. We connect people to the services that support their health care needs. (English) Colour

Rat Prevention and Control [English] Permalink Public

Rats can be both a serious pest and a cause for public health concern. They carry and transmit disease, and they bite people and pets if provoked. This pamphlet contains extensive information on how to identify and to detect rats and rat activity, and how to rat-proof your home to help control and reduce rat population. (English) Black & White

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Therapeutic Pass: Rehabilitation Services (Fraser Health) [English] Permalink Public

For rehabilitation services including stroke. It is time away from the hospital that allows you to practice at home what you have learned while in the hospital. When planning a pass, you and your team will decide how long the pass will be for and if you will need a family member or friend to go with you. (English) Colour

Hurt at Work? [English] Permalink Public

If you are hurt at work, you must report the injury to both your employer and to WorkSafeBC. We explain how to report the injury. We also explain that if you seek medical care, tell us it is a work-related injury, and don’t report it to WorkSafeBC, you will have to pay the cost of the medical care. (English) Colour

Pudendal Nerve Block [English] Permalink Public

This procedure involves injecting a small amount of local anesthetic, with or without steroid medication, around the pudendal nerve (the main nerve in your pelvis). The pudendal nerve carries feelings to and from the groin, the vagina (women), the scrotum (men) and lower buttocks or backside. The block is most often done for people who have pain when sitting. (English) Colour

Ultrasound Kidney Biopsy In Medical Imaging (Lower Mainland) [English] Permalink Public

A kidney biopsy is a way of taking a small sample of tissue from your kidney using a special needle. A biopsy is done to identify the type and degree of kidney disease, which then helps guide what would be the best way to treat the disease. A radiologist does the procedure (a doctor who specializes in image guided procedures). (English) Colour

Angiography/Angiogram (Lower Mainland) [English] 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. (English) Colour

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