StorytellERdoc

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

One of the largest problems in our ER, it seems, is that there is a subset of patients who visit us on a routine basis. Whether it be for chronic pain, for chronic illness, for companionship, simply to have a place to hang out for a few hours, or to get some food, we are often inundated with these patients at the most inopportune times.

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Plum Health

OCTOBER 11, 2024

These services go beyond treating illnesses; they aim to keep you healthy in the first place. No more googling "ER near me" in a panic; you can get quick and competent care at an urgent care center. Non-life-threatening illnesses often demand quick relief options. It's not quite an emergency, but you need relief fast.

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Summary Transcript Summary Communicating about a serious illness is hard. Last week’s podcast we talked about the challenge around miscommunication in serious illness. Why it’s such a natural way to explain the condition of someone with an acute critical illness that’s threatening their life. Eric: Why is it?

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PEMBlog

MARCH 27, 2024

You won’t be able to diagnose them on history and physical alone. Therefore, in the ED, the goal is really to recognize the science and symptoms on history and physical exam that are suggestive of metabolic disease. But again, metabolic GI illness, interrupt other interruptions in feeding schedule, intense exercise.

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GeriPal

APRIL 28, 2022

Eric: I’m looking forward to talking about art and humor in palliative care and we’re caring for seriously ill patients. And a doc over in Spain named Monica Lalanda, who is an ER doc and also a cartoonist, reached out to me and said you don’t have to do this anonymously. Did they ask for a consult?”

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Blood, Sweat, and Tears

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

It’s mentally draining, physically taxing and if patients have died in front of you, it’s plain traumatic. When I come across arrogant GPs and medical professionals, I wonder how they would handle the stress of a full NICU/PICU/ER/Casualty. Nothing is normal about it. We consoled ourselves by saying this.

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GeriPal

MARCH 6, 2025

link] PEACH Good Wishes Program A program that provides meaningful gifts for unhoused individuals who are terminally ill. So we’re going to be today talking about serious illness palliative care in the homelessness population. You know, we found that 64% of the people we cared for never went to the hospital or ER.

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