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Drive-Thru Emergency Care by Kelly Fisher Patient Expert

Posted Thu 18 Jun 2009 11:12pm Stanford Clinic is now offering drive-thru emergency care! No burgers, fries or coffee at this drive-thru! Read about it here. Read on »

How to Know When your Beloved Pet Needs Emergency Care by Methods of Healing Patient Expert

Posted Sun 18 Oct 2009 3:15am Humans are not the only ones who may need emergency care at some point in time. Your pets may require it as well. Accidents do happen, so when something happens to your pet... owners. Locating Emergency 24 Hour Care for your Pet Your veterinarian is the best source of information when it comes to preparing for a pet emergency. Check to see Read on »

Emergency Care Billing Provisions for Health Insurance Take Effect September 23rd – Out Of Network Charges No Longer Subje by Medical Quack Patient Expert

Posted Fri 21 May 2010 11:03am ?' Prime Healthcare almost has no contracts in place at their hospitals but do provide emergency services at their ER Rooms. When your life is threatened and you need immediate care... will be cut in half and this may go beyond emergency treatment too, but again just more unrest in how we get care sometimes. Perhaps as some of the new provisions of healthcare Read on »

Bariatric Emergency Care Chart by Pam Tremble Patient Expert

Posted Sun 09 Jan 2011 8:28pm with you to the ER if you ever need to go. Click this link to download a full-size copy of this chart. ASMBS Emergency Care Chart PRINT THIS TODAY!!! .... The American Society of Bariatric and Metobolic Surgery (ASMBS) has published a chart for use by Emergency Room professionals to help properly diagnose bariatric patients Read on »

WELLtips: Emergency Care In Case of Bee Sting by Stephanie C. Patient Expert

Posted Tue 10 Feb 2009 10:57am What do you do if your child is stung by a bee? Don't panic...and follow these important steps. Move away from the bees. Remove the stinger as soon as possible any way you can. The stung child may be allergic to bee stings (check for a WELLcharm, WELLtag clothing label, or other medical alert items). If so, ask her to point out where ... Read on »

Real Simple Magazine Taps Experts for Emergency Care Advice by Barbara Ficarra Registered Nurse

Posted Thu 05 Mar 2009 6:49am are concerned for your well-being and they are there to provide you with the best care possible. Click here to read my blog on “ Leaving the Emergency Room.” Click here for more info and to listen to my award-winning program on patient care in emergency rooms, “ Ins and Outs of the ER.” Read on »

Patient-Centered Life-Cycle Value Chain: the Emergency Care link by Steve Beller Doctor of Philosophy

Posted Wed 22 Oct 2008 6:27pm is critical! Our Patient-Centered Life-Cycle (PCLC) Value Chain is a sensible path for our country to follow. I previously said that integrating emergency care, sick-care and well-care is the cornerstone of the PCLC Value Chain. This is because high-value to the patient means receiving the care you need when you need it, including: Emergency care through Read on »

Patients Use Express Lane to Access Emergency Department Care. by Mike P. Patient Expert

Posted Tue 23 Dec 2008 9:14pm that are typically provided at the behest of the local fire department. While many emergency medical services (EMS) cost several hundreds of dollars plus mileage, there seems to be little... done in the now time frame. Savvy patients that use local emergency departments for their primary care have learned however to bypass the normal triage and registration Read on »

Criticall and Emergency Care Access in Ontario by Merrilee Fullerton Medical Doctor

Posted Sun 07 Feb 2010 8:23am , it was very helpful in connecting the sending and receiving clinicians and assisted in finding emergent care somewhere in the province. Now with no excess capacity pretty well anywhere... One of our regular contributors had posted an informative post on the previous journal entry regarding accessing beds in Ontario hospitals for emergency cases using Read on »

Bringing palliative care to the emergency room by David W. Patient Expert

Posted Fri 06 Aug 2010 6:59pm I recommend We Can’t Save You from Slate. The post addresses a topic I haven’t thought much about but that makes a lot of sense: the intersection of emergency medicine and palliative care. Here’s the problem: [Some patients] get treated, aggressively and repeatedly, for dangerous flare-ups in conditions like heart failure or emphysema without anyone Read on »