Emergency Department Discharge Instructions
These videos provide further information for your care at home & instructions for follow up care with your family doctor.
If you have any questions, contact your family physician or Telehealth Ontario.
If your condition worsens, return to the Emergency Department or call 911
- Abscess - incision & drainage
- Allergic reaction
- Ankle sprain
- Asthma attack
- Atrial fibrillation
- Back sprain or strain
- Bell's palsy
- Broken bone with a splint
- Burns
- Cellulitis
- Congestive heart failure
- COPD - chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- Corneal abrasion
- Croup
- Cut with glue or steri strips
- Cut with stitches or staples
- Diverticulitis
- Ear infection - inner ear/otitis media
- Ear infection - outer ear/otitis externa
- Ectopic pregnancy possibility
- Fever in children
- Finger tip amputation
- Gastroenteritis (stomach flu)
- Gout
- Head injury - return to play instructions
- Head injury with a concussion
- High blood pressure
- Kidney stones
- Miscarriage - threatened
- Nose bleed
- Palpitations/irregular heart beat
- Panic attack
- Rib fracture/bruising
- Sciatica
- Shingles
- Sore throat
- Urinary retention
- Urinary tract infection
- Vertigo/'the spins'
- Whiplash/neck sprain
