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Coding Challenge: Skin and Soft-Tissue Infections in Urgent Care

Determine the correct evaluation and management (E/M) service code for this urgent care encounter: SUBJECTIVE 34-year-old…

Test Your Knowledge of Skin and Soft-Tissue Infections in Urgent Care (Postscript 2 of 2)

A 38-year-old woman presents to your urgent care clinic with a chief complaint of “infected foot.” …

Test Your Knowledge of Skin and Soft-Tissue Infections in Urgent Care (Postscript 1 of 2)

A 56-year-old man with hypertension, borderline type II diabetes mellitus, and obesity presents to your urgent…

Risk Management Pitfalls for Pediatric Patients in Cardiac Arrest

Our recent issue A Review of the 2020 Update of the Pediatric Advanced Life Support Guidelines…

Risk Management Pitfalls for Hypertensive Emergencies in the ED

Our recent issue Hypertensive Emergencies: Guidelines and Best-Practice Recommendations reviews current evidence on identifying and managing hypertensive emergencies…

Test Your Knowledge: Pediatric Advanced Life Support Guidelines

Pediatric cardiac arrest presents an infrequent but high-stakes event for emergency clinicians, who need to maintain…

Test Your Knowledge: Hypertensive Emergencies

Due to a variety of demographic and public health factors, the number of emergency department visits…

EKG Tips for Treating Patients

This month, Jennifer Carlquist, PA-C and course director of The Urgent Care EKG Course wanted to…

Essential Tools – 2 – Laceration Kit

The most important tools we use for managing lacerations are the instruments that come in the…