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Trusted patient-information sources

The Emergency Care Patient Information Finder helps emergency care clinicians locate patient resources from trusted Canadian and British Columbia sources.

Emergency-focused sources

Explore emergency patient-information sources

The finder includes selected resources relevant to emergency-department discharge from the sources below. Resource and language availability varies; search results show the editions currently included.

Canadian Paediatric Society

Caring for Kids

Information about croup for parents and caregivers.

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Health Quality BC (HQBC)

Sepsis Patient Infographic

The Sepsis: What You Need to Know as a Patient infographic, linked directly to the publisher PDF.

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MyHealth Alberta

Patient Care Handouts

Selected care instructions for adults and children covering injuries, common conditions, procedures, and care after discharge.

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BC Guidelines

Asthma Action Plans

Printable asthma action plans for adults and children ages 1–5, 6–11 and 12–17, with translated editions where available.

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Choosing Wisely Canada / Choisir avec soin

Emergency Medicine Patient Handouts

Selected patient handouts about emergency-care tests and treatments, with direct publisher PDF links and translated editions where available.

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Here to Help

Selected Mental Health Booklets

Selected mental-health booklets from the Canadian Mental Health Association, BC Division, for patients and families, with translated editions where available.

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AboutKidsHealth

Emergency Learning Hub

SickKids pediatric emergency information for children and families.

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Fraser Health

Fraser Health Patient Education Catalogue

Selected emergency-department discharge instructions and patient-information sheets, linked to the publisher website.

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HealthLink BC

HealthLinkBC Patient Resources

HealthLinkBC Files and selected patient-information pages relevant to emergency-department discharge.

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TREKK

Parents and Families

Emergency information for children and families, including resources hosted by partner organizations. Search results identify TREKK and the destination publisher where applicable.

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BC Centre for Disease Control

Health Info

Selected patient information from the BCCDC Health Info collection.

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Compass BC

Patient and Family Resources

Child and youth mental-health resources for patients, parents, caregivers, and families.

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Child Health BC

Patient and Family Resources

Selected resources for families and caregivers about childhood conditions and care, including the sepsis infographic, with translated editions where available.

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Toward the Heart

Harm Reduction Patient Resources

Selected resources about naloxone, drug-poisoning response, withdrawal, wound care, and safer substance use.

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Vancouver Coastal Health / Providence Health Care

Emergency Department Factsheets

Selected emergency-department discharge instructions and patient-information sheets, linked to the publisher website.

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This trial finder brings together patient information resources relevant to emergency-department discharge. We continue to review and refine the collection based on feedback from ED clinicians and partner organizations. External publishers are responsible for their resources’ content, accessibility, available languages, and availability.

Some catalogues, including TREKK, link to resources hosted by partner organizations. Where applicable, results identify both the catalogue and the organization hosting the resource. Including an individual resource does not imply endorsement of other content on that website.