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Virtual Education: Connecting from Home [English] Permalink Public

Virtual Education allows you to learn from members of your healthcare team within your own home. Taking a class over video allows you to see, hear, and talk to the healthcare educator, as well as to other learners in the education session. (English) Colour

Tips for Traveling When You Have Heart Failure [English] Permalink Public

Tips for people with heart failure on planning for travel, when not to travel, and traveling with a heart device from the BC Heart Failure Network. (English) Colour

Benefits of Video Visits [English] Permalink Public

We want to offer you convenient and reliable health care services. We are using virtual tools to stay connected with the people we care for, such as Zoom, What’s App, and FaceTime. This sheet explains the benefits of video visits. (English) Colour

Your Child's Nasogastric Tube: When the tube needs changing or put back in place [English] Permalink Public

How to arrange for changes to your child’s nasogastric tube and to have a new one put in should the tube come out. A companion to the booklet “Nasogastric Tube Feeding - A Guide for Parents” (#256093) (English) Black & White

Breech Babies and Hip Joints (Royal Columbian Hospital) [English] Permalink Public

Babies in a breech position are more likely to have loose fitting hip joints. This describes what happens once your baby is born should they be in a breech position. (English) Colour

Create Opportunities for Your Child to Communicate (Fraser Health) [English] Permalink Public

Children are more likely to communicate when there is a reason to communicate. You can create opportunities by using communication temptations. The key is that you should wait for your child to tell you or show you what they want. Then, when you respond, your child will learn that communication works! (English) Colour

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Sick Day Management for Type 2 Diabetes [English] Permalink Public

A bad cold, the flu or a serious injury can make your blood glucose too high. People not usually taking insulin may need to take insulin when they are sick. On the other hand when you take diabetes medication (pills and/or insulin) and cannot eat your usual foods, your blood glucose may go too low. Follow these guidelines to help you stay out of hospital. (English) Colour

After Open Heart Surgery: A Quick Reference (Royal Columbian Hospital) [English] Permalink Public

Patient discharge instructions to be given to patients after open heart surgery. (English) Colour

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Blood Glucose Testing - Two Tests a Day at Alternating Times (Fraser Health) [English] Permalink Public

When in hospital, and following discharge, patients are instructed to self-monitor their blood glucose at home. They are instructed to test their blood glucose two or more times daily, before meals and before bed. This resource addresses needs of patients in the hospital, and can be used by both patients and nurses. Who else would benefit from this resource? Patients in the out-patient programs,especially patients with type 2 diabetes who are new to insulin (They are instructed to test their blood glucose twice daily, before meals and before bed.) (English) Colour

Healthy habits when at risk for lymphedema [English] Permalink Public

A handout for people who have had breast surgery or radiation and need more information about how to prevent arm swelling (lymphedema). (English) Colour