Urgent Care Emergencies: Avoiding the Pitfalls and Improving the Outcomes

This text was developed to help providers who evaluate low acuitycomplaints in any setting. The aim is to highlight common pitfallsin the management of those seemingly minor illnesses or injuries,which if not identified early or if managed incorrectly can havedevastating and longterm consequences. This text will bring theprovider’s attention to high-risk aspects of chief complaints thatmay be encountered in a variety of low-acuity settings.

Focused on high-risk pitfalls practitioners may encounter ineveryday practice, each of the book’s chapters is written by anexpert chosen for his/her expertise in their respective topics.Chapters include clinical pearls for improving patients’outcomes.