Pre-Anesthesia Clinics
Related topics: Surgery
Pre-anesthesia clinics provide assessment, evaluation, and education to help patients prepare for upcoming surgery and reduce the time they need to spend in the hospital.
What to expect
This service is offered in a hospital setting.
Patient guide to anesthesia
This guide is for patients who will be undergoing anesthesia and for their families and caregivers. It is designed to help you understand how to prepare for anesthesia, what to expect on your day of surgery, as well as the important role you play in your recovery.
Patient guide to anesthesia for Vancouver General Hospital
Resources
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Preparing for your hospital stay
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Spinal or Epidural Anaesthesia - Discharge Instructions
Care after spinal anesthetic.
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Nerve Block Anesthesia In The Surgical Procedure Rooms
Information about nerve blocks.
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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.
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Lower Limb Nerve Block
Patient information on a procedure to control and manage pain.
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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.
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General Anesthetic, Local Anesthetic, Procedural Sedation
Patient information about general anesthetic, local anesthetic, and procedural sedation.
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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.
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Procedural Sedation
Instructions for recovering from procedural sedation.
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Procedural Sedation Posters/Factsheet
Poster describing different levels of sedation and how people respond to each.
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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.
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Celiac Plexus Block
Patient information on a procedure that helps ease the pain in your abdomen.
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Medial Branch Block
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Epidural Steroid Injection (ESI)
Patient information on a procedure which involves injecting corticosteroids and anesthetic into the epidural space, around the spinal cord.
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Surgical Patient Optimization Introduction
Patient information on a program that helps patients be at their best health before surgery.
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