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Understanding Heat Stroke: Symptoms and Essential Solutions

Doctor On Demand

Among the grave heat-related conditions, heat stroke stands out as a medical emergency demanding swift attention. Familiarizing yourself with heat stroke symptoms and exploring various solutions, including the option of consulting an online doctor , can prove pivotal in averting severe consequences. Urgent care for every day life.

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Finding the Right Clinic: A Guide to Quality Care

Plum Health

By scheduling annual visits, you're setting up a health baseline that doctors can use to spot any changes or emerging problems. Your choice can impact how easily and quickly you can access care, particularly in non-emergency situations. It's a common challenge many people face. Regular check-ups ensure early detection of health issues.

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

Doctor On Demand

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. Urgent care clinics provide quick diagnoses and treatments, including antibiotics if needed. Swollen neck Neck swelling may suggest an infection spreading into deeper tissues.

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Medical Cannabis Revisted: A Podcast with David Casarett and Eloise Theisen

GeriPal

Summary Transcript CME Summary Cannabis is complicated. It can mean many things, including a specific type of plant, the chemicals in the plant, synthetic analogs, or products that have these components. I am super excited to have you on, Eloise. Eloise 00:59 Thank you so much. Alex 02:23 Terrific. Do you want one? These are vitamins.

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PC Trials at State of Science: Tom LeBlanc, Kate Courtright, & Corita Grudzen

GeriPal

I’m just stunned even writing that! We’ve come so far as a field. This isn’t to say we’ve “made it” – more to say that we’ve reached a new stage of maturation of the field – in which the evidence we are discussing is frequently high quality randomized trial level data. -@AlexSmithMD Transcript Eric: Welcome to the GeriPal podcast.

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Surgical Communication: A Podcast with Gretchen Schwarze, Justin Clapp and Alexis Colley

GeriPal

And, what if your surgeon openly discussed the expected ‘bad stuff’ of post-operative recovery, instead of rotely reciting a list of possible complications? Often, the way surgeons communicate about these decisions doesn’t make things any easier for themselves or their patients. Justin, welcome to GeriPal. Justin: Hello. Eric: Okay.

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

GeriPal

Most emergency providers wanted to do the right thing for seriously ill patients, but they didnt have the knowledge, skills, or experience to do it. Today we focus on an intervention , published in JAMA, that gave emergency clinicians basic palliative care knowledge, training, and skills. They got training in Vital Talk and ELNEC.