- Treating Pain
- What We Do
- Your First Visit
- What To Expect
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- Patient
- Caregiver
- Medical Professional
Always bring your health card. If you do not show the receptionist a valid health card, or equivalent proof of coverage, you may not see a doctor.
Bring a list of the medications you are currently taking including the dosages. If possible bring in the actual medication and any packaging that comes with it so the doctor can be sure about what you are taking, how much you are taking, and how often you are taking it. Please also bring a list of medications you have taken in the past that were not helpful.
If you have any medical records or other documents relating to your condition, that have not already been forwarded to the Rothbart Centre, please bring them to your first visit.
Please bring a list of any allergies you have, especially allergies to medications or other medical materials such as latex.
If you require help explaining your condition, please bring a family member or friend who is familiar with your condition and medical history.
If English is not your first language, bring a family member or friend with you who can translate.
If medical procedures make you nervous, bring someone with you who can provide you with comfort and support. It is usually permitted for you to bring your companion into the doctor’s room during your consultation, if you wish to do so.
At times your doctor may be running behind schedule. Please bring a book or magazine to read while you are waiting.
Please check in with a receptionist. The receptionist will enter your arrival in the clinic computer system.
You will be given a package of paperwork that must be filled out before you see the doctor. A staff member will review the paperwork with you to answer any questions you may have. The paperwork consists primarily of fill-in-the-blank forms and multiple-choice questions.
The staff member will advise you to be seated while you fill out the paperwork. Once you have completed the paperwork, bring it back to the staff member who gave it to you.
Some of the information will be very basic. We will confirm your name, date of birth, address, and phone number. There will be a few questions about the legal status of your injury. You will be asked for a list of medications you are taking and allergies to medications. You will also answer a few questions about your medical history.
You’ll also be asked to verify your height and weight. There will also be pictures of the human body. You’ll be asked to draw or shade in the areas where you have pain. There will be a questionnaire to help determine your level of stress and anxiety. There will be a Ministry of Health form. There will also be a pain inventory sheet.
Once your paperwork is complete, your chart will be passed to a nurse. The nurse will review your chart and pain inventory sheet.
The nurse will bring your chart into the waiting room with them and have a seat next to you. They will ask you a few questions about your current state of health. They will also take your pulse and blood pressure.
The nurse will then take you into the treatment area. The nurse will ask you to step up on the scale so your weight can be taken. All information will be noted in your patient chart.
Yes. The doctor must know your exact weight so they can administer the correct amount of medication for your body weight. Without this information you will not be allowed to undergo treatment.
When the doctor is ready, you will be invited to enter the treatment and consulting room. The doctor will start with a few questions about your health and review all of the information noted by the nurse and the notes you made on your pain inventory sheet. Once the doctor has reviewed the information the assessment can begin.
If you need to change into a gown you will change in the O.R. behind the curtain out of view of other patients and staff.
Yes. The doctor must be able to see the area that is the cause of the pain in order to treat it. While you change you will be behind a curtain and will not be visible by other patients or clinic staff. When your procedure is done we have curtains in the recovery room where you can change out of the gown once your recovery is complete.
All procedures are done lying down on a stretcher or while seated. If the procedure is performed without sedation you may walk into the recovery room once you are done. For all other procedures you will be wheeled into the recovery room on the stretcher.
The doctors have a variety of packages that can be filled out by patients prior to treatment. The doctor will choose the package that is appropriate for their assessment needs.
It will be the similar to your first visit, with a few changes. You will check in with a receptionist. You will be asked to fill out some paperwork but it will be far less than at your first visit. You will need to complete a pain inventory sheet. The doctor will use this pain inventory sheet to track any changes to your pain levels or locations.
If it has been more than 6 months since your last visit to the clinic, you must obtain a new referral from your doctor and fill in a new paperwork package.
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