Brett Murray, MD
When I was younger, one of my older relatives gave me some advice: “Check someone’s ears before picking a fight, and if they have cauliflower ear… run away.” I’d learn later that he meant those ears belonged to wrestlers or martial artists—people who’ve taken (and given) a lot of hits. In other words: someone I stood no chance against.
Clavicle fractures are among the most common orthopedic injuries that we encounter in the Urgent Care setting. That makes them the perfect topic for a quick review!
When the temperature drops, the risk of hypothermia rises, and as urgent care clinicians, we need to be ready to recognize and treat this potentially life-threatening condition. But before jumping into severe hypothermia treatment, let’s start with the basics—how do we identify hypothermia symptoms, and what should we be looking for in our patients?
In the urgent care setting, we often encounter patients with ear pain, a common yet sometimes deceptively simple complaint. However, amidst the myriad of otitis media and cellulitis cases lies a less common and easily overlooked but significantly more serious condition: perichondritis.