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Need to See a Doctor Fast? Here’s How Urgent Care Could Save Your Day

Plum Health

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. No long waits like you’d experience in an ER.

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Underneath

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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. What can I do to help you in our ER today?" In the meantime, a good friend brought to my attention the many layers of meaning to the below post. I hope you, too, find new meaning in old words.

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Corona Together

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Being an ER physician facing this dilemma on the front lines of a large emergency and trauma center, I am also bearing witness to the more daunting picture of this dilemma--the mental and physical effects Covid-19 is having on our patients as well as on all of us. We are all scared. We feel helpless. Wear your smile often. Use it wisely.

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Anxiety in Late Life and Serious Illness: A Podcast with Alex Gamble and Brianna Williamson

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It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit. I have so many questions, and I promise we’re going to get to the management of anxiety and serious illness. Summary Transcript Summary “Anxiety is a lot like a toddler.

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To Care Or Not

StorytellERdoc

I dedicate this to each of you who have cared for or are currently caring for an ill parent or family member. As customary, I thanked them for being in the ER with their mother. Although this may seem like it should be the standard, you would be surprised at just how many elderly patients present to our emergency department alone.

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The Power Of A Nurse

StorytellERdoc

He signs off the last of information on his seventh patient to his replacement, sharing the important medications, vitals, activities, and care-plan in depth. Most of all, though, I would like to salute the nurses who I have been fortunate to work beside for the past 23 years in our chaotic trauma center's ER.

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Finding the Right Clinic: A Guide to Quality Care

Plum Health

This guide will help you understand the different types of clinics and services they offer, so you can make an informed decision about where to seek medical care. These services go beyond treating illnesses; they aim to keep you healthy in the first place. Non-life-threatening illnesses often demand quick relief options.

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