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Navigating MyCare
for traumatic injuries

Each patient’s trauma care stay is slightly different because no two patients’ injuries are the same. The doctors, nurses and other health-care professionals in each part of the hospital have different specialized training and skills. Our goal is to make sure you get the right care for the different parts of your recovery.

Your care pathway

  • Arriving at Sunnybrook

    Information about care received in the emergency department and in our trauma bay, as well as tips for coping with a traumatic injury.

  • Surgery and the operating room

    Information and details about surgery for those patients who may require one or more surgeries.

  • During your stay

    About the units where trauma patients are cared for, and the teams that care for them.

  • Leaving Sunnybrook

    Information about your transition plan for when it’s time to leave Sunnybrook.

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Arriving at Sunnybrook

The Emergency Department (ED)

It is likely that you or your loved one arrived at Sunnybrook's Emergency Department (ED) by ambulance or a medical helicopter. Once in the ED, patients are immediately assessed in the trauma bay, which is a special part of the emergency department used only for the care of trauma patients.

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Surgery and the Operating Room

Factors for surgery

After an injury, some patients will require surgery, while others will not. There are many factors that your doctors will consider when deciding whether you will need surgery.

  • Some patients will need immediate surgery for a life-threatening problem as soon as they arrive in the trauma bay. These patients will go straight to the operating room from the emergency department. Other patients who are more stable may have surgery later in their hospital stay.
  • In patients with more than one injury, the doctors will work together to decide which injuries must be treated right away, and which should be treated at a later date. Some patients will have multiple surgeries during their hospital stay.
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During your stay

Where you'll be cared for, and who will care for you

During your stay at Sunnybrook, you may move back and forth between units depending on your medical needs. Surgery may take place at any time during your hospital stay.

In this section, learn more about the units you or your loved one may be cared in, and about the team members that may provide care.

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Leaving Sunnybrook

About your hospital discharge

There will come a time when you no longer need special trauma care at Sunnybrook and will be ready to leave this hospital. This process is called being “discharged.” When it comes time for discharge, there are a few options as to where you may go, depending on your individual needs that this section will walk you through.

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