(Reuters) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Eli Lilly and Co’s treatment for severe hypoglycemia, the health regulator said on Wednesday. Hypoglycemia is a condition in which blood sugar falls to dangerously low levels. Severe hypoglycemia typically occurs in people with diabetes who are using insulin treatment, the FDA said and noted that the therapy – Baqsimi – is approved to treat the severe form of the condition in patients with diabetes aged four and older. Full article
(SACRAMENTO) — A UC Davis study of nine emergency departments and urgent care centers in California and Colorado found educating physicians and patients about safe antibiotic use can cut overuse by one-third.
The study, funded under a contract from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), appears in June 19 in the journal Academic Emergency Medicine. Read more about the study here.
The best way to prevent an injury is to wear a helmet. So why are so many children and adults not wearing them. Head and face injuries from motorized scooters have tripled over the past decade. Nearly 2/3 of the injured were not wearing helmets. Check out results from one recent study.
Article in Annals of Emergency Medicine offers insight on what themes contribute to 5 star urgent care Yelp reviews – comfort, professionalism, facilities, pediatric care, and staff interactions VS
Few children experience vaccine-proximate febrile seizures, or VP-FS, but those who do have similar outcomes compared with children who experience febrile seizures that did not occur after vaccination, according to research published in Pediatrics.
Many children with asthma don’t use their inhalers properly and don’t get a full dose of medicine, researchers report.
They evaluated inhaler use among 113 children between the ages of 2 and 16 who were hospitalized for asthma. Such patients are at highest risk for complications and death from asthma.
At least one crucial step in inhaler technique was missed by 42% of the children. About 18% did not use a spacer device with their inhaler. A spacer is a device that’s recommended for use with an inhaler to help the right amount of asthma medication reach the lungs.
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Urgent message: Medications can heal, but they can also be deadly. That’s why protocols and controls, supported by rigorous 
and frequent documentation, are needed to reduce the possibility of medication errors in the urgent care setting.
The most recent 10-year study on medical errors by the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies (sponsored by The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services) found that medication errors are by far the most common medical errors, harming at least 1.5 million people every year. These medication errors lead to what’s known clinically as adverse drug events (ADE), defined as harm experienced by patients as a result of exposure to a medication. So, the charge for the urgent care leader is, have your staff take a hard look at the medication practices in your center, then answer the question: Is your center part of the problem, or the solution?
Read complete article here in the Journal of Urgent Care Medicine