Pre-Anesthesia Clinics

Preparing for your hospital stay

Spinal or Epidural Anaesthesia - Discharge Instructions

Care after spinal anesthetic.

Nerve Block Anesthesia In The Surgical Procedure Rooms

Information about nerve blocks.

Post Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU): Visiting Guidelines For Family Members

Brochure explains visiting guidelines designed to ensure the safety and privacy of patients in this busy critical care unit.

Lower Limb Nerve Block

Patient information on a procedure to control and manage pain.

Selective Nerve Root Block

Patient information on a procedure used to find out the cause of nerve root pain in the lower back, leg, neck, or upper back and also to provide relief of pain. Available in other languages.

General Anesthetic, Local Anesthetic, Procedural Sedation

Patient information about general anesthetic, local anesthetic, and procedural sedation.

Procedural sedation and Analgesia (PSA) (Emergency Department)

Patient information about procedural sedation also called conscious sedation which makes you feel relaxed and sleepy, gives you pain relief and sometimes even makes you forget the surgery/procedure.

Procedural Sedation

Instructions for recovering from procedural sedation.

Procedural Sedation Posters/Factsheet

Poster describing different levels of sedation and how people respond to each.

Facet Joint Injection

Patient information on a procedure which involves injecting a small amount of local anesthetic (similar to dental freezing) and/or steroid medication around a facet joint.

Celiac Plexus Block

Patient information on a procedure that helps ease the pain in your abdomen.

Medial Branch Block

Epidural Steroid Injection (ESI)

Patient information on a procedure which involves injecting corticosteroids and anesthetic into the epidural space, around the spinal cord.

Surgical Patient Optimization Introduction

Patient information on a program that helps patients be at their best health before surgery.