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When to Go to Urgent Care for a Sore Throat: How Can Urgent Care Help?

Doctor On Demand

In fact, most sore throat symptoms resolve in three days for 60-70% of patients, according to March 2025 UpToDate, an evidence-based clinical decision support system used by healthcare professionals. When to go to the ER for a sore throat Go to the emergency room (ER) if your sore throat causes any difficulty swallowing or breathing.

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RCT of PC in ED: Corita Grudzen, Fernanda Bellolio, & Tammie Quest

GeriPal

Why is that important in the emergency room? Actually, our training as emergency physicians is mostly to resuscitate to acute care. Did this primary palliative care intervention in the emergency room involving a. ABIM MOC credit will be offered to subscribers in November, 2025. Eric 06:50 And Fernanda.

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PRESS RELEASE: Coalition Acts to Protect Pregnant Patients’ Federal Right to Emergency Care, Including Abortion

Doctors for America

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Doctors for America PO Box: 21161 2300 18th St NW Lbby Washington, DC 20009-9996 May 30, 2025 Coalition Acts to Protect Pregnant Patients’ Federal Right to Emergency Care, Including Abortion By Intervening in a Federal Challenge to EMTALA, Doctors for America Seeks to Protect Health and Lifesaving Care WASHINGTON, D.C.

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Flu Season 2024-2025: CDC Reports Worst Outbreak in Years

Physicians News Digest

According to the CDC , the onset of the 2024-2025 flu season has been marked by an unusually high number of cases. Some hospitals are expanding emergency room capacity and increasing staffing to accommodate the rising number of flu cases.

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How to identify a victim of heat exhaustion or heat stroke

Medical Xpress

The temperature is just going to continue to rise and at some point thats going to lead to death," says Wood, who has worked as a nurse practitioner in the emergency room. Citation : How to identify a victim of heat exhaustion or heat stroke (2025, June 23) retrieved 23 June 2025 from [link] This document is subject to copyright.

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Guiding an Improved Dementia Experience (GUIDE) Model: A Podcast with Malaz Boustani and Diane Ty

GeriPal

The typical utilization of inappropriate hospitalization and emergency room and total cost of care. And they can start July of 2025. We have to demonstrate we can do that. Otherwise, we will be kicked out of the program or the payment. So that’s very important one. And guess what? Not the quality of care. Alex: Hopefully.

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PRESS RELEASE: Doctors for America Calls for Evidence-Based Solutions After FSU Shooting

Doctors for America

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Doctors for America PO Box: 21161 2300 18th St NW Lbby Washington, DC 20009-9996 April 22, 2025 Doctors for America Calls for Evidence-Based Solutions After FSU Shooting WASHINGTON, D.C. We urge elected leaders to stop choosing inaction over responsibility.