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Hypertensive Emergencies

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

Coding Challenge: Tick-Borne Illness in Urgent Care

Determine the correct evaluation and management (E/M) service code for this urgent care encounter: SUBJECTIVE 35-year-old…

Test Your Knowledge of Tick-Borne Illnesses in Urgent Care (Postscript 2 of 2)

A 52-year-old man arrives at your clinic in central Florida complaining of 3 days of fever,…

Test Your Knowledge of Tick-Borne Illnesses in Urgent Care (Postscript 1 of 2)

A 10-year-old girl presents to your urgent care outside of Philadelphia with a mild fever, fatigue,…

What’s Your Diagnosis? Life-Threatening Secondary Headaches in Pediatric Patients

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

What’s Your Diagnosis? Gastrointestinal Foreign Body Ingestion

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

Test Your Knowledge: Life-Threatening Secondary Headaches in Pediatric Patients

Headache is a common complaint in pediatric patients presenting to the emergency department. Diagnosis of life-threatening…

EKG Helpful Tips

We are back this month with a few helpful tips when reading EKGs from Jennifer Carlquist,…

Essential Tools – 1 – Finger Tourniquet

After years of experience, I have several things that I have to have when repairing certain…