Test Your Knowledge: Current Practice and Pitfalls of Select Biomarkers in the Emergency Care of Children 

Specific biomarker levels can help differentiate children who require emergent medical interventions, such as procedures, surgeries,…

NIH Stroke Scale

General Principles: Further Reading Acute Ischemic Stroke: Emergency Department Management After the 3-Hour Window – Stroke…

Test Your Knowledge of Possible Rabies Exposure (Postscript 4 of 4)

A 47-year-old man is brought to urgent care by his wife after he was bitten on…

Concussion Q&A

Questions: 1. Is it necessary to image everyone with a head injury and symptoms?  No 2.…

Canadian Head CT Rule

The Canadian Head CT Rule was originally published in 20011 and validated in 20052. There have been…

Glascow Coma Scale (GCS)

For children < 2 years old, see the pediatric GCS. Eyes Verbal Motor Most useful when…

Glascow Coma Scale – Pediatric (pGCS)

For use in children age <2. If Child over 2 years old, standard GCS has been shown to…

Test Your Knowledge of Possible Rabies Exposure (Postscript 3 of 4)

A 38-year-old man presents to urgent care after sustaining a bite from a squirrel he trapped…

Test Your Knowledge of Possible Rabies Exposure (Postscript 2 of 4)

Your urgent care clinic occasionally evaluates patients for travel advice, vaccinations, and malaria prophylaxis when indicated.…