Urgent Care Medicine

Tanise I, Edwards, MD, FAAEM, Director of Medical Services, Medx Immediate Care Center, Sterling, VirginiaChairman, Department of Emergency Medicine, Inova Fairfax Hospital, Falls Church, Virginia

• Chapter; Introduction; Sect. 1. Management; 1. Definition of Fast Track & Urgent Care Medicine; 2. The Urgent Care Facility; 3. General History Taking and Documentation; 4. Interfacility Transport of Patients; 5. Customer Service; Sect. 2 Clnical Practice; 6. Physical Exam; 7. Ophthalmology; 8. Ent; 9. Cardiovascular System; 10. Pulmonary; 11. Ob Gyn; 12. Pediatrics; 13. Dermatology; 14. Gastroenterology; 15. Orthopedics; 16. Orthotics (Neck and Back); 17. Abdominal Pain; 18. Infectious Diseases/HIV/; Update on Antibiotics; 19. Neurology; 20. Trauma in Motor Vehicle Accidents; 21. Psychiatry; 22. Genitourinary; 23. Allergic and Anaphylactic Reactions; 24. Common Procedures in the Urgent Care; Setting (Wound Care & Nerve Blocks; Incision & Drainage Procedures; Foreign Body Removal; Conscious Sedation; Appendices; Appendix 1: Differential Diagnosis of Chief; Complaints and Presenting Symptoms; Appendix 2: Radiology Pearls; Selected References