What to bring….. - Health card
- Your doctor's name, address, and phone number
- Whatever makes you sleep better (e.g., a special pillow)
- Reading material or something you enjoy working at
- For a night-time study: comfortable pyjamas or a night-gown which is loose at the neck, a bath robe, slippers, shampoo an whatever toiletries you use in the morning
- For a daytime study: wear comfortable clothing that buttons down the front or slips over your head easily.
- If you are on medications, check with your doctor and the sleep lab what medications, including vitamins, you should bring and when you take them
- A list of medications that you take
- the name, the strength, how much and when you take them
- Leave all valuable jewellery at home. The sleep cannot be responsible for the loss of personal possessions. Arrangements may be made to check-in purses and wallets.
- A CPAP (a sleep apnea device) along with your tubes, mask, and headgear, if you have one
This information applies to Ontario and represents a joint effort between the Sleep Medicine Parameter Development Task Force of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario and the volunteer effort of patients like yourself affiliated with: Sleep/Wake Disorders Canada
3080 Young Street, Suite 5055
Toronto, Ontario, M4N 3N1
Toll Free: 1-800-387-9253
Telephone: (416)-483-9654
Fax: (416)-483-7081
E-mail: Swdc@globalserve.net |