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Keep Your Move in the Tube [English] Permalink Public

Keep Your Move in the Tube is a way to move that helps you protect your breastbone (sternum) while it heals. It helps you move safely as you build up strength and recover from chest surgery. (English) Colour

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Keep Your Move in the Tube [Punjabi] Permalink Public

Keep Your Move in the Tube is a way to move that helps you protect your breastbone (sternum) while it heals. It helps you move safely as you build up strength and recover from chest surgery. (Punjabi) Colour

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English (266804), Chinese - Simplified (267583), Punjabi (267584)

Keep Your Move in the Tube [Chinese - Simplified] Permalink Public

Keep Your Move in the Tube is a way to move that helps you protect your breastbone (sternum) while it heals. It helps you move safely as you build up strength and recover from chest surgery. (Chinese - Simplified) Colour

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English (266804), Chinese - Simplified (267583), Punjabi (267584)

Your Guide to Reducing Falls and Injuries in Hospital (Fraser Health) [English] Permalink Public

As a patient in the hospital, you are at risk for falling. Here are some ways you, your family, and friends can help reduce your risk of falling and getting hurt. (English) Colour

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

General hospital and unit information for families that are visiting patients in the CSICU. (English) Black & White

Why Clean Your Mouth Regularly (Fraser Health) [English] Permalink Public

It is important to keep your mouth clean while in the hospital because cleaning removes germs that can cause chest and mouth infections. (English) Colour

Family Guide to Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy [English] Permalink Public

This is a type of dialysis therapy. It is used to support patients with a kidney injury or kidney failure. (The medical word for kidney is ‘renal’). Informational pamphlet for family members about continuous renal replacement therapy in the intensive care setting (English) Colour

Family Guide to Intra Aortic Balloon Pump (IABP) [English] Permalink Under Revision

Basic information guide to intra aortic balloon pump therapy in the Cardiac Surgery Intensive Care unit (CSICU). An intra-aortic balloon pump is a machine that helps support a person’s heart to pump when the heart is weak or not working properly. (English) Colour

Community Nurse Practitioner - Supporting People with Heart Failure (Mission, Abbotsford) [English] Permalink Public

Our nurse practitioner helps people with congestive heart failure who live in Abbotsford and Mission and not well enough to go to the Heart Function Clinic. The nurse practitioner helps people to manage their heart failure at home and get the health care services they need. (English) Colour

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English (266519), Chinese - Simplified (266563), Hindi (266564), Punjabi (266562)

Non-Dihydropyridine Calcium Channel Blockers [English] Permalink Public

This type of Calcium Channel Blockers (Non-DHP CCBs) are use to slow the heart rate in atrial fibrillation and other irregular heart rhythms (arrhythmias), to prevent chest pain (angina), to treat high blood pressure (hypertension), and to prevent migraine headaches. This group of medicines include Diltiazem (Tiazac®, Cardizem®), Verapamil (Isoptin®). (English) Colour