Urgent Care Emergencies - Avoiding the Pitfalls and Improving the Outcomes

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.

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