Cough, Shortness of Breath, and Chest Pain
Abstract Cough, shortness of breath, and chest pain are symptoms that millions of patients experience each year. There are many causes of these symptoms, some of which are the result…
EMERGENCY MEDICINE
Dental and Mouth Pain
Abstract This chapter describes several of the more common visits to urgent care centers related to mouth and jaw pain. Pain is often the most common presenting complaint, and the…
Red Eye, Eye Pain, and Vision Loss
Abstract This chapter reviews some of the most common causes of eye pain, eye redness, and vision loss, as well as a brief overview of the initiation evaluation and treatment….
Ear, Nose, and Throat
Abstract Ear, nose, and throat complaints are very common in the urgent care setting. Otitis media, otitis externa, sinusitis, rhinitis, pharyngitis, and tonsillitis are among the most common diseases seen…
Headache and Neurologic Complaints
Abstract Neurologic complaints are very common in the urgent care setting and can range from the benign to the life threatening. Diagnosis and treatment of these can lead to great…
Healthcare Facility Disaster Management
Figure 22.1. The Four Phases of Comprehensive Emergency Management. The American Society for Healthcare Engineering of the AHA pioneered the development of hospital HVA in 2001. That same year, the…
Complex Public Health Emergencies
Figure 27.1. “Collateral damage” goes beyond injury and death. The fragile and superficially placed piping seen in the foreground was the main water artery to this village in Iraq. Public…
Crisis and Emergency Risk Communication
Figure 25.1. Crisis Communication Life Cycle. Movement through the phases varies according to the triggering event. Not all crises are created equally. The degree or intensity and longevity of a…
Transportation Disasters
Figure 20.1. Concorde’s last flight in 2000. A piece of metal on the runway caused a tire explosion. Debris from the tire punctured the wing fuel tank and the fuel…
Biological Events
African horse sickness virusRicinAfrican swine fever virusRickettsia prowazekiiAkabane virusRickettsia rickettsiiAvian influenza virus (highly pathogenic)SaxitoxinBluetongue virus (exotic)Siiga-like ribosome inactivating proteinsBovine spongiform encephalopathy agentSouth American hemorrhagic fever virusesCamel pox virusFlexalClassical swine fever…
