The Use of Emergency Room as a Primary Care Provider There are Emergency rooms all over the United States that are being utilized as primary care provider.‚ by patients covered by private insurance‚ Medicaid‚ Medicare as well as the uninsured.(Baker‚ August 13‚ 2008) Some patients call their primary care provider and are told‚ they cannot be worked in for several days or weeks. The option given is to go to the Emergency room for treatment. Other reasons are people who do not have a primary
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Emergency Rooms vs Urgent Care Centers People everyday deal with sudden illnesses and emergencies‚ and it always seems these unfortunate situations happen when your physician’s office is closed. If your emergency is bad enough‚ most people will go to their local emergency department‚ but that may not always be the best choice. This is where it would benefit people to know the many differences between emergency rooms and urgent care centers. Emergency rooms and urgent care centers differ
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Emergency Medicine and the Ethical Dilemmas Luisa Martin HCA 322 Instructor Thomas December 5‚ 2010 Picture this scenario: You are working in the emergency room of a public hospital where the inflow of patients is higher than the available beds. You are treating an elderly man who is breathless and cyanosed. While you assess whether he has chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or heart failure‚ he becomes drowsy and starts gasping. You quickly intubate him with some difficulty‚ prolonging
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Emergency management is the discipline of dealing with and avoiding risks. It is a discipline that involves preparing‚ supporting‚ and rebuilding society when natural or human-made disasters occur. Similar‚ it is the continuous process by which all individuals‚ groups‚ and communities manage hazards in an effort to avoid‚ or better the impact of disasters resulting from the various hazards. In fact‚ “emergency management is a relatively new field but one that can call upon an 88-year tradition of
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EMERGENCY RESPONSE & EVACUATION PLAN Contents Page Introduction ................................................................................................................................................................1 Fire Prevention............................................................................................................................................................2 Fire Protection Systems .........................................................................
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Emergency Management Plan Main Ave Pharmacy Purpose: To establish a plan for the operation of the pharmacy when due to external events‚ the normal operation of the pharmacy is compromised‚ affecting its ability to deliver care to patients and provide for a safe environment for personnel. Policy: To ensure appropriate staff response to a wide variety of emergencies for short-term management of patient care and personal safety. The type of assistance may vary or be nonexistent in a given
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For our first trip to the hospital I will be going to the emergency room otherwise known as the E.R. The emergency room is a hospital or primary care department that provides initial treatment to patients with a broad span of illnesses and injuries. In the ER there is a vast array of people caring for a patient including physicians‚ nurses‚ physician assistants‚ and surgeons. An abundant amount of tools are used in the emergency room. A stethoscope is a diagnostic tool that allows a nurse or physician
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CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION TO EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT This chapter provides an overview that describes the basic types of hazards threatening the United States and provides definitions for some basic terms such as hazards‚ emergencies‚ and disasters. The chapter also provides a brief history of emergency management in the federal government and a general description of the current emergency management system—including the basic functions performed by local emergency managers. The chapter concludes
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SECR 5060 – EMERGENCY PLANNING QUESTIONS Question 1 Discuss the following elements found in the plan: A Mission‚ goals and/or objectives and discuss which of them was the most important and why. Since Florida is at risk for emergencies or disasters on a daily basis‚ Florida’s Division of Emergency Management (DEM) 2008-2013 commenced a Strategic Plan. Within these plans‚ they set up goal and objectives to ensure that they meet the needs of the state‚ before‚ during‚ and after disasters. It
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Community Emergency Preparedness and Response Paper University of Phoenix NUR/ 408 Kimberly Oatman Community Emergency Preparedness and Response Paper Risk for disasters is a part of life; emergency situations occur more frequently than many people believe. A wise person plans for the worse‚ and hopes for the best. After a disaster‚ how well a community can recover will depend largely on how well they prepared in advance. Risk management includes identifying any potential risks to a
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