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Posts about Urgent Care
MMR Vaccines in the Time of Measles Outbreak
It is tragic that in 2025, measles—a fully preventable disease—has caused two deaths (at the time of writing) and sickened hundreds across the United States. With outbreaks making headlines, patients are flooding our inboxes and exam rooms with urgent questions:
What Medications Are Safe for Breastfeeding Moms? A Clinician’s Guide
One population always gives me pause when prescribing meds: pregnant and breastfeeding patients. Even after a decade in urgent care, the moment I hear “I’m breastfeeding,” my usual treatment plans go out the window. Suddenly, I’m double and triple-checking every prescription.
Cold to the Core: How to Spot & Treat Severe Hypothermia Fast
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?
Tiny Ingestions, Big Worries: Navigating High-Risk Pediatric Foreign Body Ingestions in Urgent Care
As an urgent care clinician, I’ve handled my fair share of foreign body ingestions. But nothing quite prepares you for when the patient is your own child. One late night, just as I had finally settled in with Netflix, my seven-year-old son appeared at the top of the stairs—wide awake when he should have been fast asleep. If you’ve read my previous blog about Mycoplasma Pneumonia, you won’t be surprised to hear it was the same child. Out of...
New Year, New Look—But the Same Hippo You Know and Love
At Hippo Education, our mission has always been simple:
Empower the people of medicine to learn, grow, and thrive through education and community.
Carbon Monoxide Poisoning: A Silent Threat in Urgent Care
Patients with URI symptoms are pouring into urgent care. Patient after patient with similar complaints can feel like you’re on rinse and repeat all day long.
Tech in Medicine: Are Smartwatches Changing the Way We Practice?
Smartwatches and other wearable fitness trackers are everywhere—and they’re doing way more than counting steps. These devices now track heart rate variability (HRV), flag irregular heart rhythms, and even record single-lead ECGs. Cool, right? But what happens when a patient walks in with their wrist buzzing and a bunch of data they want us to interpret? Let’s dive into the world of wearables and what they mean for us as healthcare...
Pertussis Primer: What Clinicians Need to Know as Cases Surge
With pertussis cases on the rise, it's time to brush up on best practices for diagnosing, treating, and containing this highly contagious respiratory infection. Aside from thinking of the song, “Whoop there it is” whenever I hear pertussis, and the fact that it’s one of the only things Azithromycin is still good for, the rest of the details about this disease were buried in the back of my brain!
Dang It, Dengue!
Dengue fever has been on the rise all over the world, with more cases than usual in many countries, including the United States. 2024 was a “banner year” for dengue, with up to 400 million cases worldwide and up to a 2000% increase in cases in different regions compared to the year beforehand. While most cases are mild, severe cases of dengue fever can lead to death. It’s important for front-line clinicians who see sick patients in...
