Full Description
Newly updated reference highlighting high-risk aspects of common, seemingly minor medical illnesses and injuries
Urgent Care Emergencies is a concise, quick reference designed to help healthcare professionals avoid pitfalls in challenging and fast-paced clinical settings. This text focuses on caring for patients with seemingly minor acute illnesses and injuries that may carry substantial morbidity if not appropriately recognized and managed. The text covers a wide range of emergencies that may be encountered in urgent care centers, clinics, or other acute care settings. It focuses on the most commonly encountered complaints and conditions, including genitourinary issues, common infections, orthopedic injuries, wounds, back pain, head and neck problems, and skin complaints. This new edition also includes additional chapters on the importance of effective patient communication, pharmacologic pitfalls, special issues in the care of pediatric and geriatric patients, and a special chapter focused on legal pitfalls.
As healthcare continues to evolve, this Second Edition serves as an essential resource for clinicians in urgent care and emergency departments. Each chapter is authored by experienced acute care clinicians and includes clinical wisdom that readers can apply directly to the care of their own patients.
Written by a team of highly qualified authors, Urgent Care Emergencies stresses important topics such as
Seemingly minor orthopedic injuries with a high risk for limb-threatening vascular injury
The limitations of radiographic imaging in the evaluation of subarachnoid hemorrhage
The potential life-threatening complications of local anesthetics
The importance of considering necrotizing fasciitis or Fourniere gangrene in seemingly minor soft tissue infections
Red flags in pediatric back pain
Key factors in evaluating sore throat to prevent morbidity and speed resolution
This updated edition of Urgent Care Emergencies is an essential at-your-fingertips reference for any physician, advanced practice provider, and other medical professional working in a setting that manages acute unscheduled medical concerns.
Contents
List of Contributors vii
Preface to the Second Edition ix
1 HEENT Pitfalls 1
Laura J. Bontempo and Sarah K. Sommerkamp
2 Management of Genitourinary Complaints 13
George Willis and Ryan Spangler
3 Orthopedic Pitfalls of the Upper Extremity 23
Emily Catalano, Kristi Colbenson, and Neha P. Raukar
4 Orthopedic Pitfalls of the Lower Extremity 35
Emily Catalano, Neha P. Raukar, and Kristi Colbenson
5 Orthopedic Pitfalls: Pediatrics 49
Kristi Colbenson, Jana L. Anderson, James L. Homme, and Neha P. Raukar
6 Pitfalls of Wound Management 61
Gabriella M. Miller and Michael K. Abraham
7 Emergency Dermatology for the Acute Care Provider 69
Sarayna S. McGuire
8 Management of Common Infections 81
Mercedes Torres and Siamak Moayedi
9 Headache 93
Elizabeth Bermudez and Daniel Chiang
10 The Evaluation and Management of Back Pain 101
Michael C. Bond and Bennett A. Myers
11 Pediatric Pitfalls 111
Jana L. Anderson and James L. Homme
12 Geriatric Pitfalls 125
Phillip D. Magidson and Joseph P. Martinez
13 Pharmacology Pitfalls and Pearls in Urgent Care Medicine 135
Kirstin Kooda and Laura Walker
14 Talking the Talk: Effective Communication in Urgent Care 149
Stephen M. Schenkel
15 Medical Malpractice in Urgent Care: Picking the Low- Hanging Fruit 157
Michael B. Weinstock and Jennifer Hicks
Index 165
