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Hot Tip for Health!

To Screen or not to Screen - yes, that sun actually can kill you. 
Skin cancer can be deadly, and sunscreen is your defence if you use it right and always. Here is what to know.



Safety Readiness

Get Ready for Emergencies
  • Being Ready for the Unexpected  
    ​article by Eric Rhoads 
  • How to Prepare for Natural Disasters and Evacuation (seniors or anyone!)
  • "Voyent Alert!" add the app to your cell phone with notifications for locations you want to monitor  (e.g. Merritt, TNRD) 
  • Medical Info Summary sheet (sample as pdf, doc, rtf )
    • post on fridge for 911 calls
    • purse/wallet 
  • ICE your phone (In Case of Emergency, call ___)
  • keep immunizations updated (shingles, flu, hepatitis, etc.)
  • GPS device or online map app for cell phone that works without cell service (e.g. Avenza, or similar) 
  • Community Policing - local info
Keep Good Health records
  •  Make a medications/conditions list ready and post it on your refrigerator for 911 and have a copy in your wallet  
    • examples as pdf, doc, rtf ​
  • Knowledge is the Best Medicine - about medications and keeping a record
  •  Keep a folder for personal "Health" information - copies of reports, surgeries, test results, etc.​ 
  • Your health records may not be immediately available to ER, or to other health regions, or when you change doctors or are traveling.  Have your own health summary ready.
Safety At Home
  • Air quality:
    • furnace filters,
    • C02 detector, 
    • Merritt Air Quality station 
  • Smoke & fire alarms (info)
  • Smoke Alarms - user tips info article
  • Radon monitor (info)
  • TNRD Library has safety items to loan (e.g., radon detector, thermal imaging camera for heat leaks)
Mental Health Emergencies
  • The Canadian Mental Health Association has a 24-hour helpline: 1-833- 456-4566 
  • Talk Suicide Canada: 1-833-456-4566 (phone) | 45645 (text between 4 p.m. and midnight ET).
  • Klinic Crisis Line 1-888-322-3019 
  • SuicidePrevention.ca - resources
  • Crisis Line Association of BC
  • 1-800-SUICIDE (24 hours): 1-800-784-2433
  • Mental Health Support (24 hours): 310-6789
  • Kids Help Phone: 1-800-668-6868 or live chat counselling on the website.
  • Kids Help Phone - online info topics for kids
Planning for Health
​Exercise:
  • Bourne PT - physiotherapy in Merritt
  • Huberman Lab (Youtube series) and a planning form​​
  • How Exercise Reduces Anxiety & Stress  Washington Post article

Health Information

Where are your personal health records?
  •  Interior Health MyHealthPortal Set up your online account to access  your lab and imaging results and reports from specialists.
  • BC Health Gateway - Register and login with your BC Services Card online or with the phone app to access your historical medical records (back to 1995), vaccinations, etc.
  • Interior Health application to receive specific  specialists' reports or other health records not available in the above portals (especially if you no longer have a primary care doctor) 
Health Care Services for Nicola Valley
  • Nicola Valley Hospital  (250) 378-2242
           (ER, lab, xray, hospital, health care services)
  • The Medical Clinic (250) 378-6222
  • Mountain Medical Clinic (250) 315-1455
  • Nicola Valley Medical Centre (250) 378-5115
​Kamloops:
  • Urgent Primary Care Centre (250) 314-2256
    #102-311 Columbia St Kamloops, BC V2C 2T3
    10 am-10pm daily, non-emergency care for those without family doctors.
​Online On-call Services:
  • BC Healthlink virtual physicians call 811
  • Telus Health Virtual Care 
  • RocketDoctor  
  • Interior Health online lab booking
Other Available Health Resources:
  • Conayt Friendship  nurse-practitioner
  • Merritt Mental Health Clubhouse
  • check BC College of Physicians waitlist
  • BC Surgical Wait Times
  • My Health Portal - your personal health records online (register to access)
  • MedicAlert bracelet 
Transportation and Health
  • Interior Health - medical transport info
  • BC Travel Assistance Program (TAP)
Good Health Info Sources​
  • NIA Covid Risk calculator
  • ​Drug interactions checker
  • BC HealthLink - illnesses and conditions​
  • Mayo Clinic health info
  • National Institute of Health (US medical research)
  • Medline Plus health info
  • Health Canada
  • Nutrition - Dieticians resources list​
  • McMaster Optimal Ageing portal​
  • Women's Health​
  • Women's Health Issues and dangerous products
  • Seniors' Guide to Cancer
  • Canadian Orthopaedic Foundation​
  • Self-Management - physical self-care info articles, sign up for free bi-weekly email articles and access to the library of science based health articles (University of Victoria), e.g. Skin Care and Concussions
Covid-19 Info
  • ​BC Covid assessment tools
  • BC - book a vaccine or booster appointment
  • NIA Covid Risk calculator​
    Long Covid
  • BC: Living with Post-Covid
  • CDC - Post-Covid
  • Canada - Long Covid and POTS​​
  • Vaccine Injury Support Program for injury caused by the vaccine rather than covid illness

Staying Healthy

Health Topics​  
Drug interactions:
  • Drug interactions checker
  • UBC Pharmacists Support for Patients
  • UBC Pharmacists Clinic - drug interactions video for patients
Heart and Blood Pressure
  • BP and Medication
  • BP without Medication: Video or text 
  • Myocardial Ischemia
  • Deep Vein Thrombosis
  • Atrial Fibrillation 
Diabetes
  • Merritt Diabetes Clinic 250-378-3236
  • Prevent or Delay Type 2 video
  • Tests and Following Up video. 
  • Other effects of diabetes
  • Diabetes and joint/bone disorders
Weight Management
  • Obesity Canada website and resources section  
  • ​Obesity Matters website - Canadians who have lived with overweight and obesity
  • Obesity Action Coalition (US) website ​
Arthritis
  • Arthritis Society of Canada - treatment
  • OsteoArthritis Service - managing OA
Menopause
  • Mayo Clinic - Menopause
  • CBC - Jan/2023 focus articles, e.g. WhiteCoat/BlackArt, Health, Video, 
Athsma
  • ​​Asthma Canada
  • BC Lung Association - Patient Support
  • American Asthma Association
  • Mayo Clinic - asthma treatment
Cancers:​​
  • BC Cancer cancer info, services
  • American Cancer Society resources
  • Mesothelioma:​
    • Mesothelioma (asbestos cancer)
    • Mesothelioma - Lung Cancer Group (USA) 
    • Mesothelioma - good info video
  • Lung Cancer
    • UVic info article 
    • Lung Cancer Group
Other Specific Health Items​​​
  • Mental Health Conditions info
  • Ticks / Lyme disease
  • bumps and lumps - when to worry
  • Eye Diseases list - Fighting Blindness 
  • Bats and Rabies
  • Avian Bird Flu
  • Tourettes resources
  • Irlen Syndrome (perceptual processing disorder)
  • NIH "undiagnosed diseases"
  • Construction work safety​
  • Raynaud's Syndrome
  • Concussions
  •  Skin Care
  • Child Car Seat Safety
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