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Coping with COVID-19 | Don’t Be Afraid to Call 9-1-1

During the coronavirus crisis, those with medical emergencies might be hesitant to call 9-1-1 and visit the emergency room over concerns of coronavirus exposure. A medical professional explains how the emergency room triages patients to avoid the spread of the virus. Those suffering from medical emergencies, such as heart attacks and strokes, should not hesitate…...
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Gallbladder Disease & ER

About one in five patients who were sent to the ER with gallbladder pain returned to the ER needing emergency gallbladder removal. Dr. Michael Gonzalez Ramos, General Surgeon with Baptist Health South Florida, talks about this situation, and what doctors find in the ER about gallbladder disease...
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Back Pain Emergencies During Coronavirus

Most elective surgeries and medical procedures are being postponed because of the coronavirus crisis but some types of back, neck, and shoulder pain can signal a medical emergency that must be treated immediately. SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel: Visit All Health TV at #health #backpain #allhealthtv...
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Free-Standing Emergency Room

The free-standing emergency departments are physically separated from hospitals, can evaluate and stabilize any patient, have advanced diagnostic and lab facilities, and they may be closer than a hospital E.R. Dr. Jose Llach, Medical Director of Free Standing Emergency Department with Baptist Health South Florida, says free-standing emergency rooms are not attached to the hospital,…...
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Dealing with Infections in the ER

The presence of infections changes the protocol of the Emergency Room. Carlos Torres-Viera, Infectious Disease Physician at West Kendall Baptist Hospital explains, for example, the bacteria called Staphylococcus aureus is a very common cause of skin infection. The doctor says the problem with these kinds of bacterias emerges when they become resistant to antibiotics. He…...
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Treating Mental Conditions in the ER

Doctors Alexis Perera, Urgent Care Physician at Baptist Health and Jose Llach, Medical Director of Free standing ED at Baptist Health agree that, sometimes, doctors do not know where they should refer patients who arrive at emergency rooms with some mental condition, because there is not always an appropriate place to receive them. Dr. Perera…...
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ER and mental condition

Doctor Jose Llach, Medical Director of Free Standing ED at Baptist Health, considers the psychiatric emergency room is beneficial to have that extra resource available to a community, like recently happened in Omaha, Nebraska. Dr. Llach argues these rooms can be beneficial for persons, because there are patients that come into ER with a mental…...
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Hearing and Vision Loss in the Elderly

Dr. Brenda Daniels, Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine Physician with Baptist Health South Florida, explains as people age, they lose a little bit of vision and hearing, but it is a normal part of aging. "You need to identify these things so that we can appropriately adjust and compensate them. If you cannot see, that is…...
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