Urgent Care Emergencies

Urgent Care Emergencies Avoiding the Pitfalls and Improving the Outcomes If you see patients in an urgent care center, minor injury unit or other acute care setting, this new clinically-focused guide will help you avoid high-risk pitfalls and achieve optimal outcomes. This must-have resource covers a wide range of emergencies that may be encountered in an urgent care setting, focusing on those that can occur with the most commonly-encountered complaints and conditions, including: Genitourinary complaints Common infections Orthopedic injuries Wounds Back pain Dermatologic complaints The book also includes chapters on common pitfalls during the HEENT examination, effective patient communications, urgent care pharmacology pitfalls, special issues in the care of pediatric and geriatric patients, and more. Each chapter is authored by an experienced acute care clinician and includes clinical pearls that you can apply directly to the care of your own patients. The urgent care center can be a challenging and fast-paced environment, and pitfalls, especially those encountered during emergencies, can have serious consequences for patients' immediate well-being, their recovery time, and possibly their long-term prognosis. More than ever, you need a resource you can trust that has been tailored specifically to the needs of providers in the low-acuity setting.

Urgent Care EmergenciesAvoiding the Pitfalls and Improving the OutcomesIf you see patients in an urgent care center, minor injury unit or other acute care setting, this new clinically-focused guide will help you avoid high-risk pitfalls and achieve optimal outcomes.This must-have resource covers a wide range of emergencies that may be encountered in an urgent care setting, focusing on those that can occur with the most commonly-encountered complaints and conditions, including:* Genitourinary complaints* Common infections* Orthopedic injuries* Wounds* Back pain* Dermatologic complaintsThe book also includes chapters on common pitfalls during the HEENT examination, effective patient communications, urgent care pharmacology pitfalls, special issues in the care of pediatric and geriatric patients, and more. Each chapter is authored by an experienced acute care clinician and includes clinical pearls that you can apply directly to the care of your own patients.The urgent care center can be a challenging and fast-paced environment, and pitfalls, especially those encountered during emergencies, can have serious consequences for patients' immediate well-being, their recovery time, and possibly their long-term prognosis. More than ever, you need a resource you can trust that has been tailored specifically to the needs of providers in the low-acuity setting.

List of Contributors viPreface ix1 HEENT Pitfalls 1Alisa M. Gibson and Sarah K. Sommerkamp2 Management of Genitourinary Complaints 11George Willis and Nadia Eltaki3 Orthopedic Pitfalls of the Upper Extremity 21Brooks M. Walsh and Reinier van Tonder4 Orthopedic Pitfalls of the Lower Extremity 32Christopher S. Kiefer5 Orthopedic Pitfalls: Pediatrics 41Jana L. Anderson and James L. Homme6 Pitfalls of Wound Management 52Michael K. Abraham and Hyung T. Kim7 Emergency Dermatology for the Acute Care Provider 59Eric T. Boie and Jennifer A. Lisowe8 Management of Common Infections 70Siamak Moayedi and Mercedes Torres9 Headache 79Michael J. Laughlin Jr. and David M. Nestler10 The Evaluation and Management of Back Pain 87Michael C. Bond11 Pediatric Pitfalls 97Jana L. Anderson and James L. Homme12 Geriatric Pitfalls 109Joseph P. Martinez13 Pharmacology Pitfalls and Pearls in Urgent Care Medicine 119Christopher E. Anderson and Ronna L. Campbell14 Talking the Talk: Effective Communication in Urgent Care 132Stephen M. SchenkelIndex 141