the stories

pulmonary emboli and the great rumbling

some people self diagnose before coming to urgent care. some patients rely heavily on the media, internet and friends to diagnose. and then there's some people who just come up...

the anxious nudist

anxiety symptoms, attack and disorders can get the better of us all; there's no two ways about it...

nailed it

my time at the front desk in urgent care still gave me some exciting patient encounters, even when I was not providing any medical assistance. cue the two men that walk in at...

oopsy does it

sometimes, your foot hurts. a lot. it's swollen, hot to touch, hard to put weight on, and, as a result, hard to walk. so you go to urgent care. you're also intellectually disabled but able to speak...

medication induced anaphylaxis

anaphylaxis is not something you want to go through. it is the adverse, allergic reaction to something so severe your body starts to shut down. losing the ability to breathe...

waiting room heart attack

patients can be confusing to staff. they can be confused themselves. their spouses can be confused by the patient. confusion is not a reason to be careless. such was the...