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Emergency Room vs. Urgent Care

Center for Family Medicine (CFM)

If you have a cold, respiratory infection, bladder infection, or other health issue that can be treated without hospital care, then you need urgent care. 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.

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Advanced Imaging of Children in the ED: Ultrasound, CT, and MRI

PEMBlog

In this episode of PEM Currents: The Pediatric Emergency Medicine Podcast , Brad Sobolewski discusses advanced imaging in pediatric emergency care with Dr. Jennifer Marin ( jennifer.marin@chp.edu ) from UPMC Childrens Hospital of Pittsburgh. So here to help us navigate these complex decisions is Dr. Jennifer Marin.

Family 101
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To Care Or Not

StorytellERdoc

Recently, due to the stress that several of my dearest friends have been experiencing in caring for their elderly parents, I am even more appreciative and respectful of my privilege in caring for elderly patients who have attentive and loving adult children who accompany them to our ER. His experience was disheartening.

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The Witness

StorytellERdoc

His transport from his house to our department had been less than ten minutes and the pre-hospital team had done an excellent job of intubating this patient and establishing an IV to begin resuscitation efforts. Lying on the hospital cot. He had been brought to our emergency department in the middle of the night. Unresponsive.

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

Doctor On Demand

Learn more about which symptoms mean you should go to urgent care or the ER, as well as when to use telehealth or see a primary care doctor. 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.

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Stories We Tell Each Other to Heal: Ricky Leiter, Alexis Drutchas, & Emily Silverman

GeriPal

Alex 00:23 All right, first, we’re welcoming back Ricky Le it er, who’s a palliative care doc at Dana Farber Cancer Institute in Brigham Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School and is co-founder of the Palliative Story Exchange. The instructor, Fran Cook , gave all the students a survey without explanation.

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Sweet! A Metabolic Disorders focused podcast episode

PEMBlog

Her name is Emily Groopman, and she’s a current resident at Children’s National Hospital. This episode will help you better prepare for and manage children with inborn errors of metabolism in the Emergency Department. Unfortunately, that’s not always the case. And you’re thinking, hey! Take it away, Emily.