Practice Management
Urgent message: Often, patients that could safely be treated for lacerations in the urgent care center are referred to the emergency room due to the quest for expediency, or even providers being out of practice with treating such wounds on site during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, doing so contributes to the degradation of acuity in urgent care while delaying care and raising costs. Anesthesia for wound repair can be achieved in many ways, typically with …
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Urgent message: Parallel lacerations or those that simply occur in close proximity pose a unique challenge for the urgent care clinician. Repairing either wound without inflicting further trauma on the other(s) requires both skill and familiarity with performing the appropriate technique. Patrick O’Malley, MD The Problem Lacerations in close proximity pose a unique challenge for the urgent care clinician. This situation is often encountered in the unfortunate setting of patients engaged in “cutting” behaviors. Narrow …
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