Ambulatory Care & Endoscopy Services

Intravenous (IV) therapy is the delivery of fluids, medications or blood products into a person’s bloodstream. Depending on the treatment ordered by a doctor, a patient may need to visit more than once. 

• Common conditions requiring IV therapy are:
• Immunodeficiency
• Iron deficiency
• Anemia
• Hemochromatosis
• Crohn’s Disease
• Ulcerative Colitis
• Arthritis
• Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
• Agammaglobulinemia
• Ankylosing Spondylitis

Our cast clinics provide care for people requiring cast application or removal, as well those who need orthopaedic post-trauma or post-operative follow-up by an orthopaedic surgeon. 

View HealthLinkBC’s cast care tips.

We conduct urodynamic testing to investigate how well your bladder and urethra are working. Most urodynamic tests focus on the bladder’s ability to hold urine and empty completely. 

View urodynamic assessment information from HealthLinkBC and the Canadian Urological Association.

A small flexible tube with a camera (colonoscope) is passed through the rectum and moved through the large bowel to the point when the small and large bowel meets (cecum). View the following documents for more information:

• Colonoscopy patient information
• Conscious sedation for endoscopy

A small, short flexible tube with a camera (sigmoidoscope) is passed through the rectum to examine the lower end of the large bowel (sigmoid colon). View the colonoscopy patient information document for more information.

A small flexible tube with a camera (gastroscope) is passed through the mouth, down the esophagus (swallowing tube), and into the stomach and first part of the small bowel (duodenum).

View the following documents for more information:

• Gastroscopy patient information
• Conscious sedation for endoscopy

A small flexible tube with a camera (duodenoscope) is passed through the mouth and stomach to examine the ducts (tubes) that drain into the small intestine from the gallbladder, liver or pancreas. View the following documents for more information:

• ERCP patient information
• Conscious sedation for endoscopy

A small, short tube with a magnifying instrument (colposcope) is passed through the vagina to examine the cervix. View the colonoscopy patient information document and visit BC Cancer’s Colposcopy web page for more information.

A thin flexible tube with a camera (cystoscope) is passed through your urethra (urinary tract) and into the bladder. The cystoscopy clinic is an outpatient urology clinic that examines, diagnoses, and sometimes treats urinary tract and bladder problems.

View cystoscopy information from HealthLinkBC and the Canadian Urological Association.

A small flexible tube with a camera (bronchoscope) is passed through your mouth and into the lungs. This allows for examination of your throat, larynx trachea and lungs. View the bronchoscopy patient information document for more information.