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Defining Emergency

StorytellERdoc

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. When a critical illness or injury occurs, then, we should all be thankful that we live within a society where emergent, life-saving medical care is available.

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4, 3, 2, 1 And 90.

StorytellERdoc

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. Commonly known as "the regulars," these familiar faces are sprinkled throughout our day between all our other patient visits. It is a real problem in our ER. It is a real problem nationwide.

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Emergency Room vs. Urgent Care

Center for Family Medicine (CFM)

While both facilities provide immediate medical attention, they serve very different purposes and handle varying levels of injuries and illness. When To Go To the Emergency Room (ER) Emergency rooms are typically part of hospitals, and generally are open 24 hours a day, seven days a week. They offer lab services and even televisits.

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I Feel Things.

StorytellERdoc

I simply wanted to pull you into my world, through my words, to focus on obscure life and ER moments that possessed a level of rawness and realness that connected you and I as fellow human beings. The emergency department where I have worked for 22 years as an ER physician is busier than it's ever been. Shirley" And again.

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It's Not About The Pus

StorytellERdoc

Several years ago, my daughter Emma introduced me to some videos on YouTube of a dermatologist from California who posted her sometimes shocking but always intriguing encounters with patients who suffered from a variety of dermatologic issues. Suddenly, my job as an ER physician was boring. Well, okay--Emma liked pus and blackheads.

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Supporting Healthy Aging With Tailored Obesity Management Strategies

Physician's Weekly

First, to meet protein needs, patients can be counseled to include 30 grams of high-quality protein sources at each meal. Likewise, the National Institute on Aging developed a toolkit to help promote safe, effective exercise techniques for old er adults. g/kg/d for someone who is starting at 75 kg (or 165 lb).

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Underneath

StorytellERdoc

Walking into Room 33, my next patient, who had come to the ER complaining of cough and cold symptoms, seemed just as I had expected. He appeared relaxed on his medical cot, lying back at 45 degrees, facing the room's door, his legs comfortably extended in front of him and his gown tied correctly behind him. Another cough.

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