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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. If swallowing is extremely painful and the fever is high, you may not have enough time to get to the ER safely without emergency transport. A doctor can help determine the cause.

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Surrogate Decision Making: Bernie Lo and Laurie Dornbrand

GeriPal

Bernie Lo discloses being an Honorarium Recipient and consultant for Takeda starting on 01/23/2024. I think probably you’ve been hospitalists at some point in your life, you do palliative care consultations. Eric: Yeah, I feel like a lot of value that we provide as a palliative care consult service is to do that legwork.

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