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Stings in a Disaster: The Antibiotic You Don't Need and the Epinephrine You Do Animals in a Disaster Series: Part 2 of 2By the Jase Medical Team The sting happens quickly. Maybe you're clearing branches after a storm. Maybe you're walking through a flooded yard. Maybe...
For Clinicians | Animal Sting Reactions: Large Local Reaction vs Cellulitis, and When It's Anaphylaxis By Dr. Jamie Wilkey, PharmD, Director of Clinical EducationMedically reviewed and edited by Kristen Carpenter, PA-C This is part two of our Animals + Disaster...
Bites and Scratches in a Disaster: Which Ones Need Antibiotics Animals in a Disaster Series: Part 1 of 2By the Jase Medical Team Three days after the storm, the animal injuries start showing up. A cat got loose during the evacuation and bit someone's hand when they...
Bite and Scratch Wound Antibiotic Prophylaxis Without a 48-Hour Recheck By Dr. Jamie Wilkey, PharmD, Director of Clinical Education Medically reviewed and edited by Kristen Carpenter, PA-C September is National Preparedness Month, and at Jase we love this month. I’d...
Psychiatric Medications Need a Different Emergency Plan Part 2 of a two-part series on medication readiness during a disruption By the Jase Medical Team In Part 1 of this series, we asked a question most people have never considered:Â If you suddenly couldn't access...
Which of Your Medications Actually Cannot Wait? Part 1 of a two-part series on medication readiness during a disruption By the Jase Medical Team There are five prescription bottles sitting on your counter. You take all five regularly, you have some medication left in...
Wound Infection Signs: When to Use Antibiotics and When to See a Doctor By the Jase Medical Team It’s day three after you cut your forearm. Yesterday, the area around the cut was a little pink. Today, it looks angrier. Maybe it feels warmer, too. So you start...
For Clinicians | Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Recognition: The Question That Beats the Symptom List By Dr. Jamie Wilkey, PharmD, Director of Clinical Education Medically reviewed and edited by Kristen Carpenter, PA-C September is National Preparedness Month, so we're...
The Most Common Infections You Can Get in an Emergency or Disaster By the Jase Medical Team When most people picture getting an infection after a hurricane or flood, they imagine contaminated floodwater, a cut on the leg, and some unusual bacteria they've been warned...