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Need to See a Doctor Fast? Here’s How Urgent Care Could Save Your Day

Plum Health

Life happens fast, and sometimes, so do medical issues. Understanding Its Role in Healthcare Urgent care clinics are designed to handle non-life-threatening situations that still require timely medical attention. I once had a patient with an asthma attack come into urgent care. What is Urgent Care?

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How to identify a victim of heat exhaustion or heat stroke

Medical Xpress

Enzymes provide the body with instructions for what it needs to do, and when people lose energy and water, biochemical systems in the body start to fail, Wood says. 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.

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