Acute Burn Clinic

Offers follow-up care for clients of the Burn Unit and treatment for clients with minor burn injuries for daily wound care.

Addiction and Mental Health - Eating Disorder Program

The goal of treatment for the eating disorder patient is normalization of weight, eating, and attitudes towards weight / eating and concurrent management of co-morbid features. The 12 bed inpatient unit provides 24 hour care to those patients who are severely medically compromised. The day hospital program provides an enhanced and continuous monitoring of the medical safety of patients who suffer from severe eating disorders. These patients participate in integration with inpatient activities such as groups and meal supervision (up to 4 times per day, 7 days a week).

The outpatient program allows for regular contact with the health care team, includes:

• psychiatrist
• dietician
• psychologist
• recreation therapist
• RN/RPN

Addiction and Mental Health - Psychiatric Treatment Clinic

Individuals utilizing services will often have complex needs, with some needing more intensive support and treatment; but in either case are able to live independently or with minimal support in the community.

Care is coordinated by a mental health provider. Goal directed services are tailored to the needs of individual clients. Length of treatment is mutually determined between client and provider. Clinical services include: individual and/or group therapy, medication management and psychiatric consultation. Clients are provided with assistance to access supportive services as required as well as crisis stabilization and prevention services.

Alberta Trauma Services

Services provided may include:

• sending patients to the hospital that can best help them
• assessment, resuscitation, and treatment
• rehabilitation
• helping patients return to their community
• trauma education
• injury prevention education
• trauma research
• data collection for the Alberta Trauma Registry

This service cares for people from Alberta, British Columbia, Saskatchewan, Nunavut, and the Northwest Territories depending on location.

For more information visit our webpage.

Anesthesiology

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.

Apheresis - Alberta Kidney Care - North

Services may include:

• Plasmapheresis / plasma exchange
  Plasma is separated and taken out of whole blood and is replaced with donated plasma or another blood product. It’s used to treat a number of illnesses including immune system disorders.
• Red Blood Cell Exchange
  Red cells are separated and taken out of whole blood and replaced with donated red blood cells. It’s used to treat sickle cell disease and other blood diseases.
• Leukapheresis / White Blood Cell Depletion
  Takes out white blood cells. It’s used to treat some types of leukemia.

Audiology Services - Specialized

Specialized procedures include:

• pediatric unsedated ABR (under 6 months old) - Glenrose and Stollery Hospital
• pediatric sedated ABR (over 6 months of age) - Stollery Hospital
• ENG / VNG (Electronystagmography / Videonystagmography) - Glenrose Hospital

NOTE: Does not offer hearing aid services. These services are accessed privately.

Bronchoscopy

This service provides inpatient and outpatient endoscopy procedures including:

• gastroscopy - examination of the esophagus, stomach and duodenum
• bronchoscopy - examination of the upper and lower airways
• colonscopy - examination of the large bowel
• sigmoidoscopy - examination of the lower portion of the large bowel
• ERCP - examination of the bile ducts and the pancreatic ducts

Cafeteria Services - Healthy Trendz

Cafeteria services offer food and beverages at Alberta Health Services facilities. Catering services and vending machines are available at some sites. Retail Food Services create and serve delicious food made with high-quality ingredients that support healthy living.

Cafeteria Services - Snack Bar

Cafeteria services offer food and beverages at Alberta Health Services facilities. Catering services and vending machines are available at some sites. Retail Food Services create and serve delicious food made with high-quality ingredients that support healthy living.

Chronic Kidney Disease Clinic - Alberta Kidney Care - North

Services include:

• treatment aimed at slowing the chronic kidney disease
• patient education (e.g., kidney disease, dialysis, kidney transplant)
• monitoring kidney function
• nutrition counselling
• psychosocial support
• preparing for dialysis

Clinical Investigation Unit

Assists doctors with clinical research and diagnostic testing. Also provides:

• a safe and comfortable hospital location
• IV starts
• blood collection
• outpatient and inpatient capability
• access to all hospital emergency services
• meals as indicated

If a diagnostic test is ordered, the CIU helps by:

• books the patient for the test
• explains the test and has the patient sign the informed consent
• starts IVs as needed
• collecting blood as needed
• being familiar with testing protocols
• collecting timed blood samples (as required)
• giving medications (as required)

Colonoscopy

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.

Computed Tomography

Computed tomography, also known as "CT Scan" or "CAT Scan", is when pictures of the body are taken using radiation and computer-enhanced imaging.

Diabetic Nephropathy Prevention Clinics - Alberta Kidney Care - North

This service:

• assesses people with diabetes to help prevent or delay diabetic nephropathy
• teaches about diabetic nephropathy
• provides information about managing diabetes, hypertension, and cholesterol

Electroencephalography (Neurophysiology) Lab

Provides electroencephalographs (EEGs) that record the electrical activity of the brain in adults, children, and infants. EEGs help diagnose diseases, injuries, and other issues that can affect the brain.

Emergency Services

If you have an emergency, call 911.

Emergency departments:

• take care of people that are very sick or injured on a priority basis. This means the sickest people are seen first. If you go to an emergency department for care that isn't urgent, you will not likely be seen right away.
• provide medical care, which includes assessment and treatment
• stabilize people and get them ready to transport to a higher level of care facility (if needed)
• provide follow-up care including referrals to a family doctor or specialist (if needed)

Emergency Department wait times are now available for Calgary, Edmonton, Lethbridge, Medicine Hat and Red Deer.

Get the right care when you need it, to learn more visit Know Your Options

This service may be impacted by the COVID pandemic. View the Hours of Operations to see if the location has been impacted. Visit https://ahs.ca/covid for up-to-date information.

Enhanced Recovery After Surgery

The Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) program supports implementation of standardized patient care related to nutrition, mobility after surgery, pain and nausea control, and fluid intake management. We engage patients and make them part of the team by involving them in preparation for their surgery and post-operative recovery. By helping patients stay strong, we can improve outcomes, reduce complications and create a better patient experience.

Before surgery:

• patients are taught to minimize time without fluids or food
• patients are taught about what to expect after surgey and health activities to practice that will help them recover
• medications for pain, nausea, infection, and blood clot prevention are given based on best practice evidence

During surgery:

• management of pain, nausea and fluids is provided
• techniques are applied to reduce surgical stress response (minimally invasive surgery, employ blocks or freezing to prevent pain signals from setting off fight or flight /stress response)

After surgery:

• evidence promotes less use of or early removal of lines, drains, tubes and urinary catheter removal
• better outcomes through drinking, eating, gum chewing, moving and walking
• improved pain, nausea and surgical complication rate

For more information, visit the Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) website.

ENT - Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Provides care to adults with head and neck concerns. This includes:

• thyroid and parathyroid disorders
• head and neck cancers
• reconstructive surgery
• voice and swallowing problems

Environmental Public Health - Water Sample Bottle Pick-up and Drop-off

Drinking water, beaches and swimming pool water can be tested. Chemical water sampling testing is available and looks for common chemicals and trace metals found in water. Bacteria water sampling tests water samples for indicator bacteria to ensure water is safe.

For additional information,

• Environmental Public Health - Drinking Water
• Sample Your Water - Environmental Public Health
• Testing your drinking water in Alberta

ERCP

Provides a test called endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP), which is used to diagnose and treat problems of the liver and pancreas.

Firefighters Burn Treatment Unit

Provides the following services:

• treatment, prevention, education, and rehabilitation to adults and children with burns
• care for complex wounds from other illnesses, and major head and neck surgery

Fluoroscopy

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.

Friends Gift Shop

Features an array of items from comfort food and cold drinks to flowers and home decor. Customers can order flowers, small gift baskets, balloons or stuffed toys to locations within the University Of Alberta Hospital by calling the gift shop.

Gamma Knife

Gamma Knife is used as an alternative to or may complement conventional surgery that treats brain conditions including:

• brain tumors
• blood vessel malformations
• severe facial nerve pain
• certain movement disorders

Gamma Knife treatment is an outpatient procedure and patients can resume normal activities almost immediately.

The initial consult appointment and treatment follow-up, as well a the treatment procedure will be at the University of Alberta Hospital, Walter Mackenzie Centre.

Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Provides care services for adults with gastrointestinal and liver diseases. The unit also provides care to adults being assessed for a liver transplant.

Includes access to:

• diagnostics
• laboratory
• consultation

Gastrointestinal Motility Lab

We operate a 2 room lab. There is a dedicated RN per room to perform diagnostic motlity studies.

***Please note patients will not recieve a formal consultation with a physician. This lab is purely for diagnostic testing.***

Our testing is performed on an outpatient basis, which use manometry, pH impedance and or colonic transit testing for people with the following possible concerns:

• heartburn
• reflux
• non cardiac chest pain
• problems swallowing
• fecal incontinence
• constipation

Our lab currently supports patients from Central Zone, Edmonton Zone, North Zone and North West Territories.

Gastroscopy

In using a thin flexible tube with it's own light source, the upper digestive tract is examined. The doctor focusses on the lining of the esophagus, stomach and upper portion of the small intestine.

Gender Program, The

The service is an innovative program which offers a multidisciplinary approach to the diagnosis and management of Gender Dysphoria. It provides comprehensive assessments and facilitates gender-affirming interventions to help individuals lead full comfortable lives.

This service offers:

• psychiatry, endocrinology, pediatric and adolescent medicine, and nursing support
• referrals to surgery and other specialties
• information about supports available in the community

General Radiography (X-Ray)

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.

Glomerulonephritis Clinic - Alberta Kidney Care - North

Specialized services provided for patients with Glomerulonephritis and may include:

• diagnosis
• treatment
• education
• medication side-effect management

Head and Neck Cancer Support Group

This is a support group rather than a therapy group. The intent is for survivors to come together and share the feelings, knowledge and experiences associated with their journey. Facilitated by registered social workers, the group may include such topics as:

• coping with ongoing medical concerns
• recovering from emotional as well as physical trauma
• coping with dietary challenges at home and in public, whether it is tube-feeding or other intake issues
• family considerations
• dealing with the stigma of having a changed appearance
• the impact of treatment on one's life
• finding hope

Health Information - Access and Disclosure

In accordance with Alberta's Health Information Act, this is a service which enables the release of individually identifiable health information with or without the consent of an individual.

For health information, please contact the hospital or health care centre where you received treatment.

For detailed instructions, frequently asked questions and forms, please visit Access & Disclosure | Alberta Health Services.

Health Information / Records Management

Completes patient charts, collects data, data entry and coding, collects patient information, dictates notes, and transcribes inpatient and outpatient charts.

Hemodialysis - Alberta Kidney Care - North

Provides hemodialysis treatments (a process where the client’s blood is passed through a special filter that removes waste products and water).

Most people need 3 treatments every week. Each treatment lasts 4 hours.

Home Parenteral Therapy Program

Coordinates the use of IV medications and fluids at home. Teaches clients and caregivers how to use an IV pump to give medicines and fluids and coordinates supplies.

Hospitals

To access contact information and a list of services offered, select a hospital.

Search through a complete list of progams and services, or hospital and facility information with the following:

Find Healthcare:

• Progams & Services
• Hospitals & Facilities

Indigenous Hospital Support Services

This program provides:

• case management
• patient advocacy
• cultural teaching
• patient/client language interpretation
• health literacy support
• logistical support for discharge planning, counseling, and traditional Indigenous healing services for Indigenous peoples

This service is available on-site in hospitals and public health centres. Upon request, staff can be present at hospital rounds, medical appointments and case conferences.

Aboriginal Cultural Helpers also gather traditional medicines, educate about ceremonial protocol, and are available to healthcare staff for consultation on a diverse range of Indigenous patient issues.

Patients and clients may also be asked about their healthcare experience to help ensure they receive the best possible healthcare.

Inflammatory Bowel Disease Clinic

Our multidisciplinary team of IBD-trained gastroenterologists in conjunction with pediatric gastroenterologists, colorectal surgeons, radiologists, pathologists, highly specialized nurses, stoma therapists and dieticians provides tertiary and quarternary care to adult and pediatric transition patients with inflammatory bowel diseases.

As a tertiary and quarternary referral center we do not only provide the full spectrum of all Health Canada approved tests and therapies, but are at the forefront of the evaluation of novel diagnostic and theraeputic therapies, the future of inflammtory bowel diseases care. Within the UAH Inflammatory Bowel Diseases Clinic we have expertise including, but not limited to the following areas:

Special patient populations

• Pediatric transition
• Family planning and pregnancy
• Preventive care and elderly patients
• Gut microflora-altering therapies (FMT, dietary interventions, prebiotics and probiotics)

Clinical challenges

• Complications of immunosuppressive or biologic therapy
• Complex surgeries

Advanced diagnostic testing

• Small bowel imaging with MRI, CT, abdominal and gut ultrasound as wells as endoscopy (ileocolonoscopy, EGD, small bowel endoscopy (push enteroscopy, double balloon enteroscopy, chromo-endoscopy)
• Advanced laboratory testing including therapeutic drug monitoring

Advanced and minimally invasive interventions

• Small bowel stricture dilation

Inpatient Nephrology - Medicine

Provides care for people with kidney problems, including:

• people who are on hemodialysis
• people who are on peritoneal dialysis
• care for people who have kidneys that do not work well but who do not need dialysis
• care for people who have had a kidney transplant in the past

Intensive Care Unit

Provides life support to critically ill adult patients with serious, life-threatening illnesses from a variety of causes, which may include:

• shock
• pneumonia
• trauma
• transplantation
• severe surgical illness
• other serious medical illnesses caused by kidney, liver failure, and diabetes

Equipment is used to monitor patients and provide life support, including:

• helping the patient to breathe
• supporting vitals signs with medicine
• cleaning a person's blood with different types of dialysis

Interventional Radiography / Angiography

Interventional Radiography is a sub-specialty of Diagnostic Imaging (radiology) that uses imag-guided procedures for both therapeutic and diagnostic Purposes. Interventional radiography can be done using x-ray, CT, Ultrasound or MRI images and are done to diagnose and treat disease in almost every organ system.

Angiography, which is a diagnostic imaging procedure that uses a radio-opaque dye and a specialized x-ray camera to take pictures of the blood flow in specific blood vessels (arteries or veins) or blood flow within the heart itself. Sometimes treatments are done during an angiogram.

Intravenous (IV) Therapy Clinic

Provides IV Therapy for outpatients who are able to mobilize independently or are accompanied by a capable caregiver

• Outpatient Antimicrobial Therapy Clinic
• blood & blood product transfusions
• day medicine infusions

Kidney Transplant Services - Adult

The Transplant Program provides assessment for patients with end stage organ failure, which includes but is not limited to:

• medical, surgical and psychosocial assessment
• diagnostic Investigations
• consultation with specialists

If a patient is deemed suitable for organ transplant, the Transplant Program will:

• list the candidate for organ transplant
• monitor the candidate alongside the primary care physician while listed for transplant
• provide transplant education and support the candidate through the transplant experience

If a patient receives an organ transplant they will be followed by a Transplant Program lifelong.

Kidney Transplant Services - Pediatric

The Transplant Program provides assessment for patients with end stage organ failure, which includes but is not limited to:

• medical, surgical and psychosocial assessment
• diagnostic investigations
• consultation with specialists

If a patient is deemed suitable for organ transplant, the Transplant Program will:

• list the candidate for organ transplant
• monitor the candidate alongside the primary care physician while listed for transplant
• provide transplant education and support the candidate through the transplant experience

If a patient receives an organ transplant they will be followed by a Transplant Program lifelong.

Laboratory Medicine Client Response Centre

Offers information 24 / 7 for people who need to access laboratory testing services in the Edmonton Zone, including:

• locations
• hours of operation

This service can only provide laboratory results to healthcare providers who need them to provide care for their clients.

Laboratory Services

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:

• blood and body fluid sample collection
• biochemistry and toxicology
• electrocardiogram (ECG)
• genetics and genomics
• urinalysis
• transfusion medicine
• hematology
• coagulation studies
• microbiology
• public health testing
• serology
• surgical pathology
• cytopathology
• autopsy pathology
• student practicum training for medical lab technologists and medical lab assistants

Note: Some locations may not offer the full range of testing. To confirm availability of a specific test, contact the location.

APL Booking Line: 1-877-702-4486 or book online.

Lost and Found

Please call the Security Office to see if your item has been found.

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

MRI scanners use strong magnetic fields and radiowaves to form images of the body. The technique is widely used in hospitals for medical diagnosis, staging of disease and for follow-up without exposure to ionizing radiation.

Used for many exams, including: head, spine, heart, bone / joints, and abdomen.

McMullen Gallery

The McMullen Gallery offers staff, patients and visitors a respite from the busy hospital with its quiet music and rotating displays of artwork in various media.

Mental Health Evening Treatment Program

The program takes place in the evening and requires the patient to be involved in a work or volunteer setting during the program. Services include: group therapy, family interviews, psychiatric care with medication management, exercise, relaxation, and recreation groups as well as follow-up after the program. Clients are expected to attend the program every day.

Neurosciences Intensive Care Unit

Provides treatment for the following disorders:

• strokes (hemorrhagic and ischemic)
• traumatic brain injury
• cerebral aneurysms
• spinal cord injury
• cerebral tumors
• neurological infections

Nuclear Medicine

Clients swallow, inhale, or are given a needle with a radiotracer before their exam. Radiotracers go to a specific body part so the camera can take pictures. (tests may take a number of hours to complete; patients may be required to return later that day or the next day to complete exam).

Radiotracers are also given to treat diseases like thyroid disease.

Occupational Therapy

Provides services to help people recover or keep daily living or work skills. Services include:

• assessment
• treatment
• prevention
• education

Ophthalmology - Pediatric

Services provided include:

• Pediatric strabismus and surgery
• Ocular genetics
• Pediatric cataract and surgery
• Pediatric glaucoma and surgery
• Pediatric nasolacrimal obstruction and surgery

Subspecialty clinics include the following:

• Orthoptist led clinics for assessment and follow up treatments
• Neuro-Ophthalmology clinics

Outpatient Cancer Drug Benefit Program

Cancer drugs are provided, without charge, to registered Alberta cancer patients through specific locations in the province.

Please refer to the Alberta Health Services Cancer Drug Benefit Program.

Outpatient Residence

Offers accommodation located near the University of Alberta Hospital, Stollery Children's Hospital and Cross Cancer Institute for outpatients and visitors.

Palliative Care Consult Team (Inpatient)

PEOLC is both a philosophy and an approach to care that enables all individuals with a life-limiting and/or life-threatening illness to receive integrated and coordinated care across the continuum. This care incorporates patient and family values, preferences and goals of care, and spans the disease process from early diagnosis to end of life, including bereavement. Palliative and End-of-Life Care Alberta Provincial Framework (2014)

Our Services Include:

• providing consultative services for patients with a life-limiting illness
• collaborating closely with doctors, nurse practitioners, Home Care staff and hospital teams
• supporting patients with a life-limiting illness, and their families, with their physical, psychosocial, and spiritual needs
• assessing the need and supporting the planning for care options including palliative Home Care, Tertiary Palliative Care Unit or hospice

Patient Email Well Wishes

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.

Patient Food Services

Patient Food Services overarching objectives are to:

• Offer quality food and food choice, to support Patient Centered Care
• Work with the whole care team to ensure that Meals Matter
• Foster a positive meal experience that results in enjoyment of meals, as well as improved satisfaction and food intake that supports recovery
• Provide menus that are based on “Canada’s Food Guide” and that are adaptable for therapeutic requirements
• Offer appealing food that encourages eating for health
• Provide meal service styles appropriate to the patient population (e.g. tray service, dining room service) and meal delivery systems that support safe high quality food served at appropriate temperatures to the correct patient / resident

PFS delivers more than 31,000 patient/resident meals each day within AHS facilities.

Patient Information

Services offered:

• responding to patient location inquires
• providing direction on a patients whereabouts

Pediatric Heart Function & Cardiomyopathy Clinic

The Pediatric Heart Function Clinic provides cardiology services to pediatric patients with heart muscle disease or heart failure. Referrals will be accepted for those with cardiomyopathy; suspected cardiomyopathy; a family history of cardiomyopathy; neuromuscular, metabolic or genetic conditions at risk for cardiomyopathy; systolic or diastolic heart heart failure; or those with congenital heart disease and heart failure.

Assessment, diagnosis and management of heart muscle disease or heart failure

Pharmacy Services - Outpatients (Rexall)

This service provides:

• prescription services for residents in the Edmonton Area
• prescription services for patients in provincial specialty drug programs located in Edmonton and Northern Alberta
• limited over-the-counter prescription services
• participation in research studies

Physical Therapy

Helps to restore maximum function and independence through

• restoring, improving or maintaining physical function and mobility

• pain Management

• falls prevention & injury reduction

• prehabilititation & post operative rehabilitation following organ transplant

• post operative rehabilitation following various general surgery

• cardiac rehabilitation

• rehabilitation following stroke or spinal cord injury and other neurological conditions such as Parkinson's Disease

• rehabilitation following trauma or post -operative orthopedic injuries

• rehabilitation of rheumatological conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis

• management of cystic fibrosis and other cardiopulmonary conditions

• rehabilitation of the hand following plastic surgery through hand therapy

• burn rehabilitation

Physical Therapy Outpatient Services

Restores maximum function and independence through:

• cardiac rehabilitation
• falls prevention
• stroke or spinal cord rehabilitation
• orthopedic injuries or surgery
• neurodevelopment and rehabiliation for pediatric specific conditions
• functional restoration
• injury prevention and education
• chronic pain management
• hand therapy following plastic surgery
• management of rheumatoid conditions
• burn management and wound care
• cardiopulmonary rehabilitation
• rehabilitation following organ transplant
• gait, balance and coordiation re-education and training

Plastic Surgery

The most common types of plastic surgeries are for:

• broken bones in the face or hands
• injuries to the hands, arms, or legs that need a skin graft

Cosmetic surgery is NOT offered.

Positron Emission Tomography / Computed Tomography

The person is given a radioactive substance that collects in certain cells in the body. These cells can then be detected and the PET/CT combined gives a clear picture of the size, shape, and location of the abnormal cells.

Post-Anaesthetic Care Unit

Meets the post-anesthetic recovery needs for adults who have had a regional, local, or general anaesthetic

Protective Services

Protective Services responsibilities include:

• safety of patients, staff, and visitors
• protection of hospital and personal property
• patrolling and observing activities in all areas of the hospital
• prevention and detection of criminal activities
• investigations conducted into security and fire-related matters
• responding to security alarms, fire alarms, medical emergencies, hazardous situations
• access control
• lost and found
• fire safety
• safe walking
• assisting with parking

Public Health Laboratory (ProvLab)

Operating under Alberta Precision Laboratories (APL) and based at two sites this service has a scope of approximately 2 million tests per year including environmental water testing (drinking water and recreational water), enteric disease related testing for outbreak investigation, immunity testing including prenatal testing, mycobacteriology, mycology, parasitology, transplant virology, zoonotic diseases, sexually transmitted infections, HIV, hepatitis viruses, vaccine preventable diseases and bioterrorism related testing.

The service provides clinical and public health microbiology testing and diagnostic algorithms, employing state-of-the-art methodologies including advanced molecular and genomics methods.

Also under the responsibility of ProvLab is the acute care clinical microbiology testing for the University of Alberta Hospital and the only containment level 3 laboratory in the province used for clinical diagnostic purposes.

In addition staff respond to outbreaks, emerging issues and emergency response situations as the need arises.

The trend in clinical microbiology continues to include multi-pathogen detection arrays, point-of-care rapid testing, as well as whole genome sequencing / genomics approaches to pathogen characterization. ProvLab is integrally involved in research for all of these issues.

For more information visit our website

Pulmonary Function Lab

Services include:

• assessment and evaluation
• tests, including arterial blood gases
• treatment, including oxygen
• patient education
• follow-up

Pulmonary Medicine Inpatient Unit

Provides inpatient medical and nursing care to adult patients with lung diseases and disorders including:

• pneumonia
• asthma
• COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease)
• cystic fibrosis
• lung cancer

Registration

Patient Registration registers:

• and pre-registers patients and collects demographic and financial information
• patients for inpatient admissions, ambulatory clinic appointment, and emergency department services

Rheumatology - Rheumatoid Arthritis and Ankylosing Spondylitis Group Management Programs

Rheumatoid Arthritis Group Management Program - "Managing Your RA"

Sessions include presentations, group participation and discussion, and individual treatment with an Arthritis Care Team physical therapist and occupational therapist.

Learn about:

• understanding rheumatoid arthritis
• joint management and joint protection
• methods to relieve pain
• fitness and exercise
• managing fatigue
• relaxation
• nutrition
• pharmacy management and medical update
• strategies for living well
• goal setting to achieve change

The Arthritis Care Team will meet with you for an individual assessment prior to the group program, and an individual follow-up will be arranged for 2 months after attending the program.

Ankylosing Spondylitis Group Management Program - "Managing Your AS"

Sessions include presentations, discussion and active participation

Learn about:

• understanding ankylosing spondylitis and spondyloarthritis
• managing pain and stiffness
• fitness and exercise
• tips for daily living
• managing fatigue
• medical update
• goal setting to achieve change

Sexual Assault Response Team

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 rooms 24 hours a day, 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.

Sexual Assault Resources

• Sexual Assault Centre of Edmonton (SACE) Support & Information Line
• SACE Counselling
• Strathcona Sexual Assault Centre (SAFFRON)
• University of Alberta Sexual Assault Centre
• Association of Alberta Sexual Assault Services (online chat also available); also called Alberta's One Line for Sexual Violence
• Edmonton Police Service Victim Support Services

Community Resources

• Health Link for 24 / 7 Health Advice
• Birth Control Centre
• STI Clinic
• Radius Community Heath & Healing
• Family Violence Info Line
• Alberta Council of Women’s Shelters

Addiction and Mental Health Service

• Access 24 / 7
• Addiction Helpline
• Mental Health Helpline
• Streetworks

Sigmoidoscopy

Provides examination of the lower bowel using a fiberoptic scope.

Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography / Computed Tomography

Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography (SPECT / CT) technology combines the functional imaging capabilities of SPECT with the high-resolution anatomic imaging of CT. With a combined SPECT / CT, the gamma camera picks up the metabolic signal and the CT provides a detailed picture of the internal anatomy that shows the size, shape and location of the abnormal tissues.

Sleep Disorders Program

Such disorders include:

• Narcolepsy and other daytime sleepiness disorders
• Parasomnias
• Restless legs syndrome/periodic limb movement
• Obstructive Sleep Apnea (without suspected pulmonary or cardiac comorbidities)
• Shift work sleep disorder
• Disorders of timing of the sleep-wake cycle and
• Insomnia disorder (the only treatment offered is through our Behavioural Sleep Service with Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Insomnia (CBTi))

Social Work

Assesses clients' needs and gives support to help them deal with illness or injury.

Services include:

• help addressing concerns of clients, families, and members of the healthcare team
• information and education (e.g., making good decisions, caregiver stress, career or work options, end-of-life care, child care options)
• referrals to community resources and services (e.g., financial help, accommodation, transportation)
• help solving conflicts within families and with the healthcare system
• speaks with government agencies and departments on behalf of clients
• support as clients transition home or to another care setting

Spiritual Care

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:

• help dealing with difficult decisions or issues of life and death
• help talking about ethical concerns or problems
• bereavement (grief) counselling

Support is available through:

• compassionate staff members
• prayer, ritual, or ceremonies
• spiritual counsel
• help linking people to their faith community
• a space set aside for private prayer and services

Stroke Prevention Clinic

Provides the services below:

• investigation, diagnosis, and referral
• monitoring and follow-up
• education and support regarding stroke, risk factors, and prevention
• opportunity to participate in research
• carotid Doppler ultrasound and TCD Monitoring (U of A Hospital only)

Aims to reduce stroke risk for individuals who are at high risk.

Switchboard

These services include:

• answering incoming telephone calls
• transferring telephone calls and
• giving out authorized telephone numbers

Tuberculosis (TB) Medicine Inpatient Unit

Offers care to adult patients in the hospital with tuberculosis (TB). Isolation beds are available to treat patients with active TB. Non-isolation beds are available to treat patients with non-active TB.

Ultrasound

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.

University of Alberta Hospital Dental Clinic

The Clinic provides general dental care for people of all ages, with medical conditions, disabilities, hospital in-patients and members of the general public.

Vascular Interventional Neuro Radiology

Procedures may require injection of radiopaque contrast material (x-ray dye). Local anaesthetic and / or light sedation may be required during the procedure. Angiography is done on the head, neck, chest, abdomen, and arms and legs. The types of interventional procedures include procedures to repair aneurysms, carotid (artery) stent insertions, embolizations, genito-urinary tube replacements, PICC (Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter) lines and many others.

Videonystagmography Services

VNG (videonystagmography) tests are done on people who have problems with:

• dizziness
• loss of balance

The assessment helps determine whether a patient's dizziness is caused by inner ear disease, e.g. benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV), Meniere's or some other cause.

NOTE: There is a current weight limitation on equipment capacity of 300 lbs or less.

Volunteer Resources

Our volunteer roles share a commitment to improving the quality of the patient and family experience.

Volunteers are:

• way-finders who help guide patients and families around our busy facilities,
• friendly visitors who spend time with our socially isolated patients,
• patient and family advisors who provide input and direction to AHS on numerous committees,
• supporters of our volunteer retail operations - where the proceeds are returned to AHS to provide patient care and comfort.

For general information about volunteering with AHS please visit our website.