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Hot Tip for Health!

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 & family members' health summaries ready and take copies with you.

Safety Readiness

Getting 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
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 Resources
  • 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
  • Mental Health Conditions info
  • Ask Wellness​
  • BC HealthLink Mental Health and Substance Use
  •  Canadian Mental Health​
  • Merritt Mental Health Clubhouse​
  • Autism - EmbraceAutism.com
  • video - "9 signs of poor boundaries" ​
  • How Exercise Reduces Anxiety & Stress  Washington Post article

Health Information

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
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  • 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.

     
  • BC Healthlink virtual physicians call 811
  • Telus Health Virtual Care 
  • RocketDoctor 
  • Conayt Friendship  nurse-practitioner
  • check BC College of Physicians waitlist
  • BC Surgical Wait Times
  • My Health Portal - your personal health records online (register to access)
  •  Interior Health online lab booking
  • MedicAlert bracelet 
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 
  •  Interior Health MyHealthPortal for your lab test results and reports
  • 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.
Good Health Info Sources​
  • ​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
  • UVic Self-Management - clear articles on specific health issues

Staying Healthy

​Major Health Topics​  
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​​
  • Vaccine Injury Support Program for injury caused by the vaccine rather than covid illness
Cancers:​​
  • BC Cancer cancer info, services
  • Mesothelioma:​
    • Mesothelioma (asbestos cancer) 
    • Mesothelioma - good info video
  • Lung Cancer
    • UVic info article 
Drug interactions:
  • Drug interactions checker
  • UBC Pharmacists Support for Patients
  • UBC Pharmacists Clinic - drug interactions video for patients
Blood Pressure
  • BP and Medication
  • BP without Medication: Video or text 
  • Deep Vein Thrombosis
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 
Other Specific Health Items
  • Hip Pain 
  • Bunions 
  • Gout
  • Ticks / Lyme disease
  • Eye Diseases list - Fighting Blindness 
  • Bats and Rabies
  • Avian Bird Flu
  • Seniors and Shingles
  • Tourettes resources
  • Irlen Syndrome (perceptual processing disorder)
  • NIH "undiagnosed diseases"
  • Construction work safety​
  • Raynaud' Syndrome
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