It’s a busy summer shift, and someone walks in, limping, pointing to a red, angry welt twisting around their leg. “I think I got stung by a jellyfish.” It’s a classic beach-day-gone-wrong. So—how do you treat a jellyfish sting? Here’s your...
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The ED Waiting Room Isn’t Just for Waiting Anymore
It’s 10:42 a.m. and the emergency department already looks like an overbooked flight. Every waiting room chair is full, people are standing along the walls, and the triage nurse just flagged you about a patient whose O2 sat is hovering in the mid-80s. Welcome to the new normal in emergency medicine.
Collagen Peptides: Trendy Fad or Science-Backed Supplement?
Collagen supplements. You’ve seen them everywhere: mixed into smoothies, stirred into coffee, hyped on social media. Patients ask about it. Your friend swears it made their skin glow. But is collagen just another wellness buzzword, or is there real science behind the hype?
Helping Patients Navigate Health Insurance Challenges: A Clinician’s Guide
Let’s be real: navigating the U.S. healthcare system isn’t just hard for patients—it’s hard for us too. But while we can’t rewrite the rules, we can help patients work within them.
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To Urgent Care or Not to Urgent Care?
A patient walks into urgent care with chest pain, a head injury, or a bleeding laceration that looks like it’s straight out of a slasher movie—unsure whether they made the right choice by skipping the emergency room.
Adolescent Tdap Vaccine Timing: Why That 10-Year-Old's Vaccine History Matters More Than You Think
If you’ve ever stared at a 13-year-old’s immunization record, wondering whether that Tdap vaccine at age 10 means they still need another now, you’re not alone. Tdap—short for tetanus, diphtheria, and acellular pertussis—is part of both routine and catch-up immunization schedules. And as with all things immunization-related, the details matter.
Understanding Otitis Media Symptoms and Treatment in Kids
Ah, otitis media—the classic ear infection in the middle ear. It may be a bread and butter diagnosis in the pediatric clinic, but its management can be nuanced. Do you treat it now or wait it out? What’s the go-to antibiotic? And when is it time to loop in the ENT? Let’s cut through the noise with a back-to-basics review, plus a few pearls that might just change your...
AHA Tox Resus Guideline Update
Few things complicate an already challenging resuscitation effort more than a concomitant poisoning or toxic exposure—and unfortunately, this scenario is becoming more common.
Beyond Statins: Newer Treatments for Dyslipidemia Disease
Managing dyslipidemia often means going beyond just statins, especially for patients with familial hypercholesterolemia (FH), statin intolerance, or persistently high LDL-C levels.
What’s New with the PA Licensure Compact
When we last covered the PA Licensure Compact in our November 2023 blog: The Realities of PA Military Life, only two states had adopted the Compact. At the time, my family and I were bracing ourselves for a classic Maine winter. Think snowbanks taller than your car and possible moose sightings on a grocery run.
Legal Lessons: It’s Just a Flesh Wound… or Is It?
In the fast pace of urgent care, lacerations are our bread and butter. A few sutures, a tetanus shot, and a cheerful “all set!” send many patients back out the door feeling stitched-up and satisfied. But some of those patients come back—with more than meets the eye. One of the biggest (and most litigious) culprits? Missed glass foreign bodies in lacerations.
Protecting Kids from Drowning: A Pediatric Water Safety Guide
School’s out. Summer’s in full swing. The icy pops are frozen, the inflatable flamingos are back in action—unfortunately, so is the seasonal uptick in water-related injuries. From bathtubs to the ocean, any place with standing water deserves a pause, a conversation, and a prevention plan.
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