Urgent Care Alert Archives – May 1, 2007
May 1, 2007
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Use of Antibiotics in Hand Injuries
Simple hand lacerations are a common presenting chief complaint in emergency departments. This evidence-based study evaluated the existing data about the utility of prophylactic antibiotic usage in patients with simple hand lacerations. -
Work-Related Eye Injuries and Illnesses
There are more than 65,000 work-related eye injuries and illnesses each year in the United States. -
A Shot in the Leg Could Save a Life
Concern about the potentially lethal effects of anaphylaxis center around respiratory compromise and cardiovascular collapse. Rapidly administered epinephrine by intramuscular injection in the vastus lateralis muscle is the most commonly accepted, as well as the best initial treatment. -
Minor Head Injury — The CHIP Prediction Rule
Minor head injury is one of the most common injuries seen in Western emergency departments, with an estimated incidence of 100-300 per 100,000 people. -
Cardiovascular Approach to the Preparticipation Physical
Each year, thousands, likely hundreds of thousands, of athletes present to their physicians for preparticipation physicals.