StorytellERdoc

JULY 10, 2014

When thinking about emergency room settings, even, one can easily correlate the words of Webster to what one would necessitate to be a situation requiring emergency medical treatment. Instead of providing emergent care, it seems I spend at least half of my emergency room time now playing doctor to chronic illnesses.

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ER Emergency Room Family Doctor Illness 100

Plum Health

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

These are the moments when you don’t have time to wait for an appointment with your primary care doctor, and the emergency room (ER) seems like overkill. They’re like a hybrid between a primary care clinic and the ER—open late, available on weekends, and usually accepting walk-ins. Why Choose Urgent Care?

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ER Primary Care Primary Care Doctor Patient-Centered 52

Logansport Memorial Hospital

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

When unexpected injuries or illnesses happen, it can be scary and overwhelming. For Austin Ault, he felt reassured during his time at Logansport Memorial, knowing that our dedicated team was alongside him every step of the way, including the Emergency Room , Medical/Surgical, Surgery , and Orthopedics.

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Patients ER Appointment Emergency Room 40

StorytellERdoc

APRIL 23, 2014

My response words--actively thanking him for taking the time to accompany his elderly mother to the Emergency Department--were something I had been saying for the past few years to adult children who accompanied their elder parent to our department. On review of her previous visits, I had noticed that she had never been to our ER before.

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ER Emergency Room Physicals IT 100

Plum Health

OCTOBER 11, 2024

These services go beyond treating illnesses; they aim to keep you healthy in the first place. Urgent Care "Patient receiving urgent care treatment" Urgent care centers fill the gap between your primary care doctor and the emergency room. Non-life-threatening illnesses often demand quick relief options.

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Clinic Primary Care Doctor Primary Care Chronic Condition 52

GeriPal

APRIL 10, 2025

I asked emergency medicine clinicians what they thought when a patient who is seriously ill and DNR comes to the ED, and some responded, (paraphrasing), what are they doing here? This is not why I went into emergency medicine. I went into emergency medicine to act. Why is that important in the emergency room?

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Patient-Centered IT Hospital Patients 77

GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

You know, she would have had 90 really good years, and she would have just gone into a coma with no blood pressure and died, you know, with, like, a day and a half of illness. So elderly people who aspirated, got pneumonia, had an mi, didn’t get hauled off to the emergency room on an ambulance crew so they could die in the ER.

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Patients IT Patient-Centered Hospital 98