Details about undergoing Cardiac Surgery
Below is a link to our detailed Teaching Booklet about how a patient goes through heart surgery.
This p.d.f. is a large document and there is a great deal of information contained within it. Patients will be provided with a condensed printed copy of it to use for the duration of their treatment. You and your family can always refer to this digital copy if you don’t have the document with you and need to look something up. This digital version has expanded information on many areas such as smoking cessation, nutrition, mental health and cardiac rehabilitation.
Below is a link to our Pre-operative video about what a patient can expect as they go through their heart surgery.
https://vimeo.com/showcase/6932346/video/402052904
Below is a link to our Post-operative video about what a patient can expect as they go home after their heart surgery.
Below is a link to our Pharmacy videos about many of the medications that Cardiac patients may require.
https://www.islandhealth.ca/learn-about-health/medications/learn-about-medications
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