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Located just north of Edmonton, the Sturgeon Community Hospital provides a wide variety of health services to the community of St. Albert and surrounding area. As a community hospital, the Sturgeon?s focus is on providing the best care in a comfortable, modern and friendly setting. Care provided includes emergency, women?s health, cardiac care, surgery, medicine, pediatrics, and rehabilitation.
Wheel chair access available.
Parking stalls, ramps, and washrooms.
Alberta Health Services is committed to supporting patients and families during their most challenging times. To support this, we have removed formal visiting hours for all our Edmonton zone hospitals. Visiting hours are based on expressed wishes and care needs of the patient.
201 Boudreau Road St. Albert Alberta T8N 6C4
780-418-8200 (Switchboard)
780-418-8262
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At Intersection of St. Albert Trail and Boudreau Rd.
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Provides assessment, care (operative and non operative) and follow up for acute hand injuries / trauma including fractures and dislocations (reduced), tendons and nerve lacerations or trauma including amputations that require follow. For outpatients consultation and management by specialist hand surgeons.
The Acute hand clinic provides the following services:
Up to 7 business days.
Fees may apply for casts, splints, braces, crutches.
Domestic violence can take many forms, including verbal, physical, sexual, psycological, emotional, spiritual, and the violation of rights which can happen in any relationship based on intamcay, dependency, or trust. The Domestic Abuse Response Team (DART) offers specialized support to patients of all genders who are experiencing any form of domestic violence. Individuals do not have to be in a crisis to access the DART response, and can request a referral at select emergency departments, urgent care centres, and maternity units. Participation is voluntary and at no cost to the patient.
The domestic violence services are still being provided through localized shelter response, while individuals are present within the Alberta Health Services (AHS) or Covenant Health facility. Referrals of patients to the respective shelters remain confidential, nonjudgemental, and choice-based. A referral is initated through the patient or by an AHS or Covenant Health employee. A shelter responder will connect with the individual over the phone to conduct further assessment and provide the following services based on their needs.
This service is provided by AHS or Covenant Health and external shelter service providers.
This service targets:
Dementia day program and Rehabilitation day program both operate Tuesday to Friday. Clients attend once or twice weekly from 9:30 am to 3:30 pm.
Adult Day Programs (ADPs) are for adults over the age of 18 who require services to help maintain or improve your physical and cognitive function. These programs provide structured goal-oriented group activities that foster social interaction, recreation, exercise, health monitoring, assistance with activities of daily living and respite support.
When attending an Adult Day Program a nutritious lunch and snack is provided.
Adult Day Programs also offer professional and/or personal care support depending upon the individual's need and the type of program.
Adults who:
To see if an adult day program is right for you, speak with your AHS case manager. Once a referral is received and there is a space in the Program, the Program site staff will contact you to discuss details for admission. Wait times will vary depending on the demands for the program you are waiting for. They will provide information on days you can attend, program schedule and details on services.
Adult day programs charge a fee of $15 per visit, which includes a meal and/or a snack while you are at the program. You are responsible for arranging transportation to and from the Program.
Only accepting internal site referrals at this time
Provides services to people with long-term intravenous (IV) therapy such as:
Provides services to adult patients only. Eligibility will be assessed in coordination and collaboration with the referring source.
Offers anesthesia to people having surgery. People are assessed before their surgery in the Pre-Admission Clinic. People with health problems may require an anesthetic consult and a consult with an internal medicine specialist.
Explains to patient the various options for anesthesia and pain management post surgery.
A doctor referral is needed.
Provides care for pregnant women who are high-risk and need to be admitted to the hospital.
Pregnant women who are high-risk and need to be admitted to the hospital.
Closed 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Cafeteria services offer food and beverages at Alberta Health Services facilities. Catering services and vending machines are available at some sites. Each cafeteria services site team is dedicated to creating great food, inspiring healthy eating, and providing outstanding customer service to support the health of Albertans.
**Please note hours of operation may vary from site to site.
Food is available for purchase.
Closed Stat holidays
Provide outpatient consultation by a cardiologist on referral by physician.
Greater than 18 year of age.
Depends on the service requested.
An estimated wait time will be provided at the time of appointment booking.
The clinic provides the following services:
18 years and older
Dependent on the test order wait times vary
Closed statutory holidays.
Provides examination of the large intestine to assess or confirm polyps / growths, inflammation, or areas of bleeding in the colon. Direct visualization allows for biopsies, removal of polyps and photographs.
View patient education videos, visit ahs.ca/colonoscopy.
Days of service vary, please call to arrange an appointment.
Services include:
This service does not provide, adjust, or sell hearing aids. Information about where to obtain hearing aids is provided post hearing assessment.
Eligibility includes:
Patient services include:
Healthcare provider services include:
Community services include:
Service offerings may differ depending on location. Please call the specific location for details.
On-call service after hours.
Computed tomography, also known as "CT Scan" or "CAT Scan", is when pictures of the body are taken using radiation and computer-enhanced imaging.
A language line is available, but requests need to be made before tests are scheduled.
This unit offers close monitoring, assessment, and care for patients who are very sick with multiple medical or surgical conditions requiring very close monitoring and rapid treatment. This unit also cares for patients with critical heart disease. They provide intubation and ventilation (treatments to help people breathe) and give life-supporting medicine.
Cystoscopy may be done to:
Age 18 years and older.
Dependent on inidvidual physician's wait list.
Provides care to day surgery patients (can go home the same day) and to same day service (SDS) patients who need to be admitted into an inpatient bed overnight.
Orthopedics, gynecological, plastics and general surgery services use this area for patient care.
Doctor's referral needed.
After the birth of your baby, a health care provider will offer to have your baby's hearing screened.
With your consent, your baby's hearing screening will happen before your baby leaves the hospital. The results of your baby's hearing screening and any follow up needed will be shared with you.
Hearing screening is the best way to find out if your baby has hearing loss.
Hearing screening is quick, safe, and will not hurt your baby. Your baby's hearing is important for many areas of child and brain development. Hearing loss can delay your child's speech, learning and social skills.
For more information, visit our website.
All babies born or living in Alberta are offered screening for permanent hearing loss within 90 days of birth. It's best to have your baby's hearing screened before they are 1 month old. Newborn hearing screening is free. Additional eligibility requirements are based on your baby's age and health status. If your baby is born with bilateral aural atresia or presents with meningitis, they will be referred to Audiology Services for a diagnostic ABR assessment.
Your baby will be referred to Community Hearing Screening if:
For more information on screening in the community, see the service type Early Hearing Detection & Intervention (EHDI) Program - Community Hearing Screening.
On-call service is available after-hours.
Echocardiography uses ultrasound to study the structure and function of the heart, including blood flow through the heart and its valves.
If you have an emergency, call 911.
Emergency departments:
Emergency Department wait times are now available for Calgary, Edmonton, Fort McMurray, Grande Prairie, Lethbridge, Medicine Hat and Red Deer.
This service may be impacted by the COVID pandemic. View the Hours of Operations to see if the location has been impacted.
Get the right care when you need it, to learn more visit Know Your Options.
We can’t predict how long you will need to wait in the emergency department. Patients are assessed (triaged) using a standard scoring system called the Canadian Triage and Acuity Scale (CTAS) to see how urgent their health needs are.
Inpatient / ER service provided 24-hours.
Fluoroscopy is a real time x-ray like a video, which is used by physicians and staff to assist imaging throughout the body during exams.
Service available, but must be arranged ahead of time
Gastroenterologists are a subspecialty of internal medicine seeing patients with a variety gastrointestinal disorders and diseases affecting the esophagus, stomach, small and large intestine, biliary system (liver, pancreas, gallbladder, bile ducts).
Services provided include:
The service provides specialized care and has interest in:
Referrals are for patients 18 years of age or older.
Waiting period for appointment is variable to physicians referral waitlist.
Please phone for hours of operation.
Using a thin flexible scope with it's own light source, the upper digestive tract is examined. The specialist focuses on the lining of the esophagus, stomach and upper portion of the small intestine.
Clinic may include assessment, investigations, diagnosis, treatment and follow up care for patients.
Service provides assisstance with:
Physicians deliver a range of acute, chronic and preventative medical care services.
Services provided:
Age 18 years and older
General Radiography uses x-rays to produce images of the structures inside the body, particularly bones. X-ray beams can pass through the body, but they are absorbed in different amounts depending on the density of the material they pass through.
Outpatient Surgical Clinic provides a wide range of surgical services.
Provide services as follows:
Dependent on individual physician's wait list
Closed on statutory holidays.
A gift shop available for clients, families, and staff. All proceeds from the sales are donated back to the hospital in support of patient care, comfort and education.
Call individual site to confirm their accepted forms of payment.
Cares for women who are inpatients or in day surgery with gynecology concerns. Includes:
Women needed gynecology surgery.
Fees may apply.
Health Records for this site are managed offsite at the Royal Alexandra Hospital.
Completes patient charts, collects data, data entry and coding, collects patient information, dictates notes, and transcribes inpatient and outpatient charts.
There is a fee for copies of health records.
Helps people of all ages who live at home and need medical support, which may include:
An AHS case manager and registered nurse meet with clients and help decide which services they need. This service also assesses applications for long-term care, supportive living, and facility respite care. The Continuing Care Access Line is available for new patients and their family to call if they have questions or inquiries about accessing Home Care services in their community (during and after regular business hours).
Most services are covered for people with Alberta Health Care Insurance coverage, but there may be charges for services not covered by Alberta Health Care Insurance. Out of province clients looking for home care services in Alberta should inquire on any potential charges prior to obtaining services.
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Provides life support to critically ill adult patients with serious, life-threatening illnesses from a variety of causes, which may include:
Equipment is used to monitor patients and provide life support, including:
Provides IV Therapy for outpatients who are able to mobilize independently or are accompanied by a capable caregiver
Medical day patients require coverage from physician with admitting privilege.
Patients who need support with Activity of Daily Living (ADL) must provide that support.
Wait period for Medicine patients, i.e. iron infusions , magnesium
Waiting period varies with frequency and duration of therapy
This lab will serve hospital inpatient, Ambulatory Clinic patients, by physician or clinic referral only.Outpatient Collection site hours of operations:
Monday to Friday: 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Walk ins accepted until 30 minutes before closing.
Closed Weekends and Stat Holidays
Alternate: Patient Service Centres offer both appointment and walk-in services for all patients that require lab work. Book online at https://qme.dynalife.ca/ or call 1-877-702-4486 to make an appointment.
Laboratory Services provides collection of blood and body fluids for tests ordered by your doctor or healthcare provider including a comprehensive range of routine and specialized lab testing and clinical consultations:
Note: Some locations may not offer the full range of testing. To confirm availability of a specific test, contact the location.
Provides labour and birth care for pregnant women. Management of postpartum patients (0-14 days postpartum parent- not newborn) presenting with postpartum health concerns to obstetrical assessment area.Newborn readmission done only after a Pediatrician has been contacted by Public Health and accepted the newborn as a patient directing the postpartum unit to readmit newborn.
Sturgeon Community Hospital provides labour and delivery to low risk obstetrical patients over 36 weeks gestation.
Lois Hole Hospital for Women provides labour and birth care for patients with low and high risk pregnancies.
Fort Saskatchewan Community Hospital provides labour and delivery to low risk obstetrical patients over 37 weeks gestation.
Please call the Security Office to see if your item has been found.
The Stollery David Schiff NICU, at the Walter C. Mackenzie Health Sciences Centre campus, provides surgical care to newborn babies.
The Stollery Philip C. Etches NICU, located at the Royal Alexandra Hospital (RAH) level 2/3 unit that specializes in the care of very premature infants.
The Stollery NICU at the Sturgeon is a level 2 unit.
Newborns in need of stabilization or urgent diagnosis and care within the Edmonton zone and Northern Alberta may be transferred to NICU via the NICU Transport Team (ground or air transport).
Critical illness, life-threatening conditions. < 28 days of age.
Appts for Dietitians vary call for information.
The majority of teaching is one-to-one, however, group sessions may be offered to promote enhanced learning of clients. Nutrition information and resources can be found on Alberta health Services Healthy Eating Starts and at MyHealth.Alberta.ca
Additional Services:
Adults, 18 years and older
The Orthopedic surgeon provides assessment, minor surgical procedures and follow up for orthopedic outpatients. Some of the Minor Surgical Procedures completed in the clinic include:
The Plaster Room / Orthopedic Clinic provides the following services:
Age 16 years and older
As part of our support for patient care and comfort, friends and family of inpatients at hospital and health care facilities can send well wishes via email. Sites participating in the program will receive the message, will ensure that the message is only "well-wish" (any other type of communication will be deleted) and will arrange for delivery within 3 business days. A couple of important reminders - the electronic delivery system is not a secure connection, so please don't add any confidential information to your message. Plus the "well-wish" system does not allow for replies or confirm receipt / delivery confirmation.
Meal service provided 7-days a week.
Patient Food Services overarching objectives are to:
PFS delivers more than 31,000 patient/resident meals each day within AHS facilities.
Services offered:
This service provides:
Ages 0 - 18 years.
Provides care to women and their families after birth. Private rooms are available as appropriate.
Pregnant women.
Fees may apply for certain room accommodation.
Prepares the patient for their operative journey with patient teaching (education), required pre-op tests and consults. Service includes:
Patient Registration registers:
Occupational Therapy Monday - Friday 8:00 AM - 4:15 PM
Provides inpatient physiotherapy (PT) and occupational therapy (OT) and outpatient orthopedic splinting / hand therapy services (OT) for clients specific to orthopedic surgeries.
Speech-Language Pathology (SLP) is involved in speech therapy (inpatient and outpatient) or interdisciplinary SLP / OT management of swallowing disorders through bedside and instrumental assessment, including Videoflourscopic swallowing studies.
Therapists provide assessment and treatment, as well as working as part of an interdisciplinary team towards prevention and education strategies and discharge planning.
Referrals for outpatient orthopedic splinting or hand therpay are only accepted from site-specific upper extremity orthopedic surgeons
Primary clients are adults with upper extremity injuries or those who have recently had upper extremity surgeries.
An estimated wait time will be provided at the time of outpatient appointment booking.
There is a fee for custom-fabricated splints.
Respiratory Therapists participate as a member of the multi disciplinary health care team in both acute and critical care environments assisting in the assessment and treatment of cardio-respiratory disease and related conditions. Respiratory Therapists manage life support equipment such as ventilators, check lung and heart function, using specialized tests and equipment and provide patient education.
Dr. Skeith's hours of operation Thursday: 8:30 AM - 1:00 PM
The goal of the program is to assist patients in achieving their optimal functional independence in addition to helping them cope with the presence of a chronic disease.
This clinic provides:
Age 18 years and over.
Access to this service is by Emergency Room visit only
The Sexual Assault Response Team (SART) is a team of Registered Nurses with specialized education in sexual assault care. They serve 11 Edmonton area emergency departments from 7:30 AM to 11:00 PM, 7 days a week, and 365 days a year. The team provides compassionate, confidential, culturally sensitive, and nonjudgmental care to individuals who have been sexually assaulted in the last 7 days with or without police involvement. Care includes assessment, physical examination, testing for sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and pregnancy, giving medicine to prevent STIs and pregnancy, and referrals for counselling or other healthcare services.
Available to individuals aged 14 and older who have been sexually assaulted in the previous 7 days.
Children 13 years and younger who have been sexually assaulted should go to the Stollery within the first 3 days.
Provides examination of the lower bowel using a fiberoptic scope.
Offers spiritual and emotional support for patients, families, and staff in the hospital. Services are for people of any religion or culture and may include:
Support is available through:
Provides before and after care for people who have to be admitted to the hospital for surgery. Provides care for cardiology patients that no longer are required to be in the Cardiac Care Unit. There are 4 cardiac step-down beds on U28 that manage care of these cardiology patients.
Doctor's referral required.
These services include:
On-call service available after-hours.
Ultrasound is an imaging test that captures images of soft tissue organs, blood vessels and tissues using high-frequency sound waves (no radiation). Ultrasound is also known as sonography.
Not all tests are offered at all sites. Call the location for more information.
Our volunteer roles share a commitment to improving the quality of the patient and family experience.
Volunteers are:
For general information about volunteering with AHS please visit our website.
