Difference between revisions of "Medical Emergency"

Latest revision as of 14:15, 20 July 2017

A medical emergency has different meanings depending on whom you ask:

According to medical personnel, a medical emergency is just that: a medical emergency.
According to patients and families, a medical emergency may not always be just that, in which case this flowchart is helpful: Is Your "Medical Emergency" Really An Emergency?
But everyone can agree a paper cut is always a medical emergency.

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-A ''''medical emergency''' has different meanings depending on whom you ask:
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+A '''medical emergency''' has different meanings depending on whom you ask:
 #According to medical personnel, a '''medical emergency''' is just that: a medical emergency.
 #According to patients and families, a '''medical emergency''' may not always be just that, in which case this flowchart is helpful: [http://gomerblog.com/2017/01/medical-emergency-really-emergency/ Is Your "Medical Emergency" Really An Emergency?]
 #But everyone can agree a [[Paper Cut|paper cut]] is always a '''medical emergency'''.
+'''Related Topics'''
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+* [[A Clockwork Triage]]
+* [[Am I clutching at my chest dramatically enough during this heart attack?]]
+* [[American College of Emergency Physicians]]
+* [[Boarding]]
+* [[CEDOCS Score]]
+* [[Community Emergency Department Overcrowding Scale Score]]
+* [[Paper Cut]]
 [[Category:Medical Terminology]]
 [[Category:Emergency Medicine]]