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2046 'Call before Convey - Delivering urgent care for patients in the right place with the right clinician, first time

Emergency Medicine Journal

Aims and Objectives Aim: Ensure patients have timely access to the right urgent care, in the right place with the right clinician. Many people access urgent care via the emergency department (ED) resulting in poor patient experience, delays to care and duplication, also causing overcrowding, leading to harm.

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SAEM Clinical Images Series: Seeing Double

ALiEM

A 53-year-old woman with no significant past medical history presented to the emergency department with a 3-day history of double vision on leftward gaze. Unilateral Internuclear Ophthalmoplegia Following Minor Head Injury. References Kim SS, Lee MH, Ji C. Korean J Neurotrauma. 2022 Oct 24;18(2):329-334.

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