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GERD Management and Patient Education

September 21, 2025January 16, 2020 by Rob Beatty, MD FACEP

The reason for this blog post is to bring awareness to a common scenario we see on a daily basis, long term proton pump inhibitor use. I see multiple new patients come in the office who list either Prilosec or Nexium as a daily medication. When I go over their medications and ask about these …

Prevention is Key

September 21, 2025December 17, 2019 by Rob Beatty, MD FACEP

As health care providers we wear many different hats, we have such an awesome responsibility of caring for our patients. A few of our responsibilities include diagnosing, treating, educating, encouraging and the list goes on. One of my favorite roles in caring for patients is focusing on the prevention of disease. I think as providers …

Examination Pearls

September 21, 2025November 18, 2019 by Rob Beatty, MD FACEP

Medical Assessment Tips In school and clinicals we all learn how to take a thorough history and perform a physical assessment. Collecting this information is the foundation for our diagnosis and plan of care for our patients. As we get into practice we continue to develop and fine tune our history taking and physical assessment …

How to Manage a Knocked-Out Tooth

September 21, 2025October 17, 2019 by Rob Beatty, MD FACEP

Bunnany Pekar, PhD, CRNA, AGACNP Have you ever had your tooth knocked out? If you answered yes, you are not alone and probably know what to do. But if you have not, you will be someone’s hero in knowing how to manage a knocked out tooth. Chances are high if you work in an urgent …

Ventilator Management

September 21, 2025September 18, 2019 by Rob Beatty, MD FACEP

Melissa Cody, APRN

The Police, an 80’s English rock band, had it right in there song ‘Every Breath You Take’ when they said:

Every breath you take
Every move you make
Every bond you break
Every step you take
I’ll be watching you

Fluid Administration

September 21, 2025September 6, 2019 by Rob Beatty, MD FACEP

Bunnany Pekar, PhD, CRNA, AGACNP

Utilizing the 4 D’s to exercise fluid stewardship

“Poison is in everything, and no thing is without poison. The dosage makes it either a poison or a remedy.” -Paracelsus, date unknown

For patients in septic shock or those that are dehydrated, administration of fluid is top priority to restore adequate intravascular volume, increasing cardiac output, augment oxygen delivery, and improving tissue oxygenation.