Urgent Care Emergencies. Avoiding the Pitfalls and Improving the Outcomes

Description

This text was developed to help providers who evaluate low acuity complaints in any setting. The aim is to highlight common pitfalls in the management of those seemingly minor illnesses or injuries, which if not identified early or if managed incorrectly can have devastating and longterm consequences. This text will bring the provider's attention to high-risk aspects of chief complaints that may be encountered in a variety of low-acuity settings.

Focused on high-risk pitfalls practitioners may encounter in everyday practice, each of the book's chapters is written by an expert chosen for his/her expertise in their respective topics. Chapters include clinical pearls for improving patients’ outcomes.

Table of Contents

• List of Contributors
• Preface
  Deepi G. Goyal and Amal Mattu

1. HEENT Pitfalls
   Alisa M. Gibson and Sarah K. Sommerkamp
2. Management of Genitourinary Complaints
   George Willis and Nadia Eltaki
3. Orthopedic Pitfalls—Upper Extremity
   Reinier van Tonder and Brooks Walsh
4. Orthopedic Pitfalls—Lower Extremity
   Christopher S. Kiefer
5. Orthopedics Pitfalls—Pediatrics
   Jana L. Anderson and James L. Homme
6. Pitfalls of Wound Management
   Michael K. Abraham and Hyung T. Kim
7. Emergency Dermatology for the Acute Care Provider
   Eric T. Boie and Jennifer A. Lisowe
8. Management of Common Infections
   Siamak Moayedi and Mercedes Torres
9. Headache
   David M. Nestler and Michael J. Laughlin Jnr.
10. The Evaluation and Management of Back Pain
    Michael C. Bond
11. Pediatric pitfalls
    Jana L. Anderson and James L. Homme
12. Geriatric Pitfalls
    Joseph P. Martinez
13. Pharmacology Pitfalls and Pearls in Urgent Care Medicine
    Christopher E. Anderson and Ronna L. Campbell
14. Talking the Talk – Effective Communication in Urgent Care
    Stephen Schenkel

• Index