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.…

Test Your Knowledge of Possible Rabies Exposure (Postscript 1 of 4)

A bite from which of the following wild mammals poses essentially zero risk of rabies transmission, obviating…

Test Your Knowledge of Urgent Care Approach to the Syncopal Patient (Postscript 4 of 4)

A 37-year-old woman presents to urgent care with complaints of dizziness and palpitations. She was in…

Risk Management Pitfall of Urgent Care Approach to the Syncopal Patient (Postscript 3 of 4)

“I didn’t order a pregnancy test because her abdominal pain was mild after the vasovagal event.…

Test Your Knowledge of Urgent Care Approach to the Syncopal Patient (Postscript 2 of 4)

A previously healthy 25-year-old man presents to urgent care with a forehead laceration. He reports that…

Test Your Knowledge of Urgent Care Approach to the Syncopal Patient (Postscript 1 of 4)

You’re reviewing this ECG of a 19-year-old patient who presented to urgent care following transient loss…

Dermatome Map

In the October, 2021 issue of Emergency Medicine Practice titled “Emergency Department Management of Cervical Spine…

Identifying Fractures or Sutures in Pediatric Trauma Patients

Skull sutures normally found in pediatric patients can make it difficult to differentiate a fracture from…