Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

JUNE 21, 2023

In this medical system, the EMS provider can then be routed to the ED or to a type of urgent care facility that is open 24 hrs/day and staffed by a primary care provider. In this case, the EMS provider was routed to the urgent care facility. The ECG was also interpreted as normal by the primary care physician.

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EB Medicine

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

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Emergency Medicine Journal

AUGUST 23, 2023

Background NHS 111 is a phone and online urgent care triage and assessment system that aims to reduce UK ED demand. In 2020, 111 First was introduced to triage patients before entry to the ED and to offer direct booking for patients needing ED or urgent care into same-day arrival time slots.

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PEMBlog

JUNE 27, 2023

A very common pediatric summer complaint in emergency departments, urgent cares, and primary care offices, this episode covers common signs and symptoms, some pathophysiology, and recommended treatments.

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

AUGUST 17, 2024

Franciso has postgraduate Master's degrees in emergencies and urgent care, clinical ultrasound, and emergency and disaster management, from the University of Elche, the University of Madrid, and the University of Oviedo. He works in prehospital (EMS and HEMS), and at Morales Meseguer Hospital in public medical service in Murcia, Spain.

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Emergency Medicine Journal

AUGUST 23, 2023

Results Seventeen patients and 15 relatives were interviewed, who described the experience of 32 attendances to the urgent CARE centre between them. Data analysis was performed using a six-step thematic analysis. Patients accessed the service for several reasons but over half were associated with falls.

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EB Medicine

JANUARY 2, 2024

In this episode, Sam Ashoo, MD, and TR Eckler, MD, discuss the January 2024 Pediatric Emergency Medicine Practice article, Management of Pediatric Urinary Tract Infections in the Emergency Department , and the January 2024 Evidence Based Urgent Care article on Pediatric Community-Acquired Pneumonia: Diagnosis and Management in the Urgent Care Setting. (..)

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Sensible Medicine

OCTOBER 25, 2024

The woman who seemed impossible when you first met her but now brings you joy when the urgent care doctor calls and asks, “How have you taken care of this lady for 15 years?” The man who always exaggerates his symptoms because he is terrified by his own mortality and worries that he won’t be taken seriously.

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Urgent Care Ultrasounds

JULY 17, 2019

and 0.8) (1b) (Although the diagnostic standard of CXR quoted for these figures is hardly gold standard, and therefore the sensitivity of the signs may be overestimated) So what are we to do in urgent care when faced with an ambulatory patient with cough and fever but no auscultation findings?

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EB Medicine

DECEMBER 12, 2022

In this episode, Sam Ashoo, MD, and TR Eckler, MD, discuss the December 2022 Evidence-Based Urgent Care article on Influenza in Urgent Care.

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

JULY 27, 2019

A Multifaceted Intervention Improves Prescribing for Acute Respiratory Infection for Adults and Children in Emergency Department and Urgent Care Settings. A Multifaceted Intervention Improves Prescribing for Acute Respiratory Infection for Adults and Children in Emergency Department and Urgent Care Settings.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

MARCH 13, 2024

He went to urgent care and had an ECG (not available) which was interpreted as normal, and was sent home. His pain returned, and he went back to the urgent care but was sent to the ER. It woke him the next day and radiated into his back. He was only able to sleep while sitting in a chair.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

JANUARY 5, 2024

Written by Willy Frick A 46 year old man with a history of type 2 diabetes mellitus presented to urgent care with complaint of "chest burning." In fact, all the T waves are more upright than his prior urgent care ECG. The documentation does not describe any additional details of the history. ECG 1 What do you think?

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Advanced Medical Reviews

MARCH 2, 2022

Some physician practices shuttered and many saw marked declines in revenue; hospitals and health systems postponed many types of elective procedures; overworked doctors and nurses in overwhelmed urgent care and intensive care units switched gears to treat coronavirus patients; and telehealth rapidly became a primary source of care.

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Emergency Medicine Journal

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Risk assessment is a mandatory field during electronic referral from the EDs or urgent care centres (UCCs) to the orthopaedic team. However, as the risk is low (0.6–2%), –2%), it is preferable to use a risk assessment tool to determine who should receive prophylaxis.

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Emergency Medicine Journal

APRIL 22, 2024

3–5 Specifically, Ramlakhan et al 3 found little evidence to support the implementation of colocated urgent care. 1 The availability of these services in the UK expanded in response to a 2017 budget commitment of £100 million to enhance A&E services including the colocation of on-site GP services.

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ALiEM

MARCH 22, 2024

She initially presented to urgent care with a chief complaint of chest heaviness and concern that her blood pressure was too high, but was sent to the emergency department for further cardiac and neurological evaluation after her urgent care provider noticed abnormal eye movement.

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JournalFeed

APRIL 1, 2023

Yes Flu, No Abx Spoon Feed Patients at two separate urgent care locations—one with rapid influenza diagnostic testing (RIDT) and one without—were compared on several parameters. These are summaries from just 2 of the 5 article we cover every week! For access to more, please visit JournalFeed.org for details about becoming a member.

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Urgent Care Ultrasounds

JULY 4, 2018

It may not be as sexy as ECHO or lung ultrasound, but the right upper quadrant is a high yield POCUS application in urgent care. How often does a patient present with undifferentiated upper abdominal pain and the initial management is based only on the balance of clinical probabilities?

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Urgent Care Ultrasounds

OCTOBER 7, 2020

This case is courtesy of Dr Nigel Tay, at the time an Urgent Care trainee from Auckland. The Case A man in his 70’s presented to the urgent care clinic with progressively worsening SOBOE over several months. This additional information expedited referral for definitive management.

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

OCTOBER 14, 2023

March 2023 * Population: Children 0-16 years recruited consecutively from October 2017 to September 2020 from three emergency departments and one urgent care centre in England- serving populations with significant inequalities in health and life expectancty. J Paediatr Child Health.

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Urgent Care Ultrasounds

APRIL 1, 2018

POCUS reveals Hickam’s Dictum A 19 year old man presented to the urgent care clinic complaining of 2 months of increasing lethargy. He had been seen by his doctor the previous month with a cough and shortness of breath, thought to have been caused by a viral respiratory tract infection.

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University of Maryland Department of Emergency Med

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Otitis media is a common pediatric complaint seen in the primary care, urgent care, and ED settings. Recommendations for timing of treatment an. Click to view the rest

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

JUNE 5, 2021

He also works at an urgent care and a rural critical access hospital. He also works at an urgent care and a rural critical access hospital. Garreth Debiegun is an emergency physician at Maine Medical Center in Portland, ME and clinical assistant professor with Tufts University School of Medicine.

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Medical Law

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Telemedicine care means fewer patients in hospitals and emergency rooms. In non-urgent care situations, take advantage of telemedicine opportunities when available. On the other hand, if your injuries require urgent care, you can help keep yourself safe by: Wearing a medical grade, disposable mask.

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ER Nurses

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

A new report conducted that surveyed 6000+ ER nurses has determined "eyeballing" patients in the waiting room was more effective in determining patients who needed the most urgent care.

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PulmCCM

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

with Covid-19 randomized to 800 μg of inhaled budesonide twice daily had significantly fewer urgent care visits, and faster resolution of symptoms. In the STOIC trial (a phase 2, open-label, randomized trial), 146 outpatients in the U.K.

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Urgent Care Ultrasounds

APRIL 17, 2019

A window to your heart… A woman in her 40’s presented to the urgent care clinic with a four day history of cough and fevers following an upper respiratory tract infection the week prior. She had noticed some mild SOB on exertion over the past few days when climbing stairs.

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Urgent Care Ultrasounds

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

A 60 year old man presented to the urgent care clinic complaining of several hours of shortness of breath, a gurgling sensation in his chest, and a cough productive of frothy, blood stained sputum. Earlier that day he had been kitesurfing, and after crashing had not been able to raise his kite. He had been wearing a wetsuit.

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PEMBlog

OCTOBER 17, 2023

She was seen at an urgent care the day prior to presentation, diagnosed with a viral exanthem, and discharged with oral prednisone. This case was submitted by… A 6-year-old previously healthy female was brought to your emergency department with extremity pain. 4 days earlier, she developed rhinorrhea, cough, and fever to Tmax 101F.

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Downeast Emergency Medicine

DECEMBER 9, 2021

She was seen at urgent care the day prior for a worsening progressive cough, shortness of breath, and pleuritic right anterolateral chest pain. Her laboratory workup at urgent care was reviewed included the following labs (pertinent positives in parenthesis): CBC (WBC 12.6)

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Urgent Care Ultrasounds

OCTOBER 24, 2018

The Case A young woman presented to the urgent care clinic following the onset of severe LUQ abdominal pain. It had started suddenly the previous evening when she had rolled over in bed. Two weeks prior she had been admitted to hospital for 4 days with hypotension, fever and abdominal pain related to acute EBV infection.

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American Medical Compliance

AUGUST 7, 2024

Our Infection Control Training for Hospitals & Urgent Care Facilities provides in-depth knowledge and practical tips to help you avoid common mistakes and safeguard patient safety. To ensure you and your team are equipped with the best practices in infection control, enroll in our comprehensive online course today.

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Emergency Medicine Journal

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Bagel slicing can be hazardous, so though I’d always emphasised safety, it wasn’t entirely surprising when my daughter cut her finger, requiring a trip to urgent care.

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Emergency Medicine Journal

AUGUST 23, 2023

He was seen at an urgent care centre approximately 1 week prior to presentation, where he was diagnosed with cellulitis and prescribed trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole. Case presentation A 57-year-old man with a history of recently diagnosed diabetes mellitus presented to the ED with 2 weeks of perineal pain and swelling.

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

OCTOBER 7, 2017

Clinical Question: Does a supervised physiotherapy program result in improved recovery from acute ankle sprains compared to usual care in adult patients presenting to an emergency department or urgent care clinic. Intervention: Early supervised physiotherapy and usual care * Comparison: Usual care (medical assessment,

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

AUGUST 7, 2023

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.

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