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Urgent Care Insights: 6 Tips to Sharpen Your EKG Interpretation Skills

Jennifer Carlquist, PA-C, and course director of The Urgent Care EKG Course shares 6 helpful tips…

What is the current risk of bacteremia in children and young adults with sickle cell disease?

Question: What is the current risk of bacteremia in children and young adults with sickle cell…

Pediatric Toxic Ingestions

In this episode, Sam Ashoo, MD, and TR Eckler, MD, discuss the December 2023 Pediatric Emergency Medicine Practice article,…

Coding Challenge: Acute Joint Pain in Urgent Care

Determine the correct evaluation and management (E/M) service code for this urgent care encounter: SUBJECTIVE: 64-year-old…

Test Your Knowledge of Managing Acute Joint Pain in Urgent Care (Postscript 2 of 2)

A 25-year-old previously healthy man presents to urgent care with sudden-onset swelling and severe pain in…

Test Your Knowledge of Managing Acute Joint Pain in Urgent Care (Postscript 1 of 2)

An 8-year-old girl is brought to urgent care by her parents with a complaint of pain…

What’s Your Diagnosis? Pediatric Diabetes

Welcome to this month’s What’s Your Diagnosis Challenge! But before we begin, check to see if…

What’s Your Diagnosis? Methamphetamine Toxicity

Welcome to this month’s What’s Your Diagnosis Challenge! But before we begin, check to see if…

Test Your Knowledge: Pediatric Diabetes

Children with diabetes mellitus are at high risk for acute life-threatening complications of their chronic disease.…