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There are a range of diagnostic tests used by clinicians: EEG SPECT Scan PET Scan MRI fMRI Wada Speech and Memory SEEG Electroencephalogram (EEG) The EEG or Electroencephalogram (pronounced ‘ee-lek-tro-en-seh-fah-lo-gram’) is a harmless diagnostic test that picks up electrical impulses from the...

Event Coordination Our team will work closely with you to organize your event. We will book the appropriate space, resources, equipment, provide cost estimates, and meet with you to discuss course requirements and logistics. AV Setup Our Simulation Technical Consultant can assist you with all of...

Ensure that patient and health care provider safety standards are met during this procedure including: Risk assessment and appropriate PPE 4 Moments of Hand Hygiene Procedural Safety Pause is performed Two patient identification Safe patient handling practices Biomedical waste disposal policies...

Ensure that patient and health care provider safety standards are met during this procedure including: Risk assessment and appropriate PPE 4 Moments of Hand Hygiene Procedural Safety Pause is performed Two patient identification Safe patient handling practices Biomedical waste disposal policies...

Winter 2024 From the Editor Hello everyone- I am happy to introduce myself as this edition’s editor! I would like to thank my colleague, Suzanne Nurse, for her contributions to the newsletter as our previous editor as well as everyone who contributed information, pictures, art and stories- it’s been...

The following are Medication Information Sheets developed specifically for transplant recipients at LHSC and include the most common transplant medications. Advagraf ® Basiliximab (Simulect® ) CellCept ® Cyclosporine (Neoral®, Sandimmune®, Gengraf®) Envarsus ® (Tacrolimus prolonged release tablet)...

MEDIA RELEASE For Immediate Release November 2 , 2012 LHSC Cochlear Implant Program Celebrates 25 Years LONDON, Ontario – Sitting across from Monika Coletta in conversation, it is hard to imagine that the 20-year-old was born severely deaf. She can easily follow a conversation, despite streams of...

SvO2 (mixed venous oxygen saturation) or ScvO2 central venous oxygen saturation) What is it? Mixed venous oxygen saturation (SvO2) is the percentage of oxygen bound to hemoglobin in blood returning to the right side of the heart. This refects the amount of oxygen "left over" after the tissues remove...

Ensuring the safety of our patients, visitors and health care providers is an important part of practice within critical care. Critical illness and the care of critically ill patients impose inherent risks to each of these groups. LHSC has a number of important policies and practice standards in...

Below is a list of services with information on how they are accessed. Some non-emergent services require a doctor’s referral. If you do not have a regular family physician, a referral can be made through a walk-in clinic. Adult Eating Disorders Service Adult Inpatient Mental Health Service...