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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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Case 20 – Stethoscopically occult pneumonopathies

Urgent Care Ultrasounds

On examination she appeared well, t = 38.0. She had had a cough for the past month but has been otherwise well. She appeared well. Otherwise well patients presenting with cough and fevers from 1-5 days duration, and no signs on chest auscultation. She had been seen 3 days before and diagnosed with a viral illness.

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Reference ranges of paediatric heart rate and respiratory rate

Don't Forget the Bubbles

This prospective cohort study included patients between 0-16 years old, who presented to one of four NHS hospital sites in Greater Manchester (a large metropolitan area in the North of England), consisting of an Urgent Care Centre and three Emergency Departments. Acad Emerg Med. Pediatrics. 2014;21(11):1249–56.

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SGEM#191: No Time for Physio – Roll With It

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

Steve is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at Western University working at the Fowler Clinic and the Roth McFarlane Hand and Upper Limb Centre. Case: A 43-year-old male presents to your local rural emergency department Monday morning after rolling his ankle during his usual weekend pickup basketball game.

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Red Leg in the Heartland of America: A Rural Physician’s Approach to the Patient with a Potential DVT

EMDocs

Johnson, MD ( Community EM, Salina Regional Health Center) // Reviewed by: Joshua Lowe, MD (EM Attending Physician, USAF); Marina Boushra, MD (Cleveland Clinic Foundation, EM-CCM); Brit Long, MD (@long_brit) Case A 40-year-old woman presents to a rural emergency department (ED) with left leg pain and swelling for the past 5 days.

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Cetirizine Vs Diphenhydramine For the Treatment of Acute Urticaria in the ED

RebelEM

Multicenter study of emergency department visits for insect sting allergies. Multicenter study of emergency department visits for food allergies. 2006) “Management of acute allergic reactions and anaphylaxis in the Emergency Department between 1993-2003,” Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology , 117(2).

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SGEM#402: Call Me – On the Telemental Health Line

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

The effect of telemental versus in-person mental health consults in the emergency department on 30-day utilization and processes of care. AEM April 2023 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Corey Heitz is an emergency physician in Roanoke, Virginia. He is also the CME editor for Academic Emergency Medicine. Reference: Han et al.