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After a Tick Bite: Why the Lyme Disease Rash Doesn’t Always Look Like a Bull’s-Eye
After a Tick Bite: Why the Lyme Disease Rash Doesn't Always Look Like a Bull's-Eye By the Jase Medical Team You found a tick attached to your skin. You removed it. Now what? Most people know to watch for signs of Lyme disease after a tick bite. But there's a problem...
Diabetes Sick-Day Rules in a Disaster
Diabetes Sick-Day Rules in a Disaster By the Jase Medical Team Diabetes sick-day rules are usually written for an ordinary week. You get the flu. Your stomach is upset. You check your blood sugar more often, keep drinking fluids, follow your medication plan, and call...
Burns in a Blackout
Burns in a Blackout: First Aid When the Tap Doesn't Run By the Jase Medical Team Almost every burn first aid guide starts with the same instruction: cool the burn under clean, cool running water. But what happens when the tap doesn't run? For households that rely on a...
What to Do If You’re Bitten by a Snake?
What to Do If You're Bitten by a Snake: Forget What the Movies Taught You By the Jase Medical Team If you're bitten by a venomous snake, forget almost everything the movies taught you about snakebite first aid. Don't cut an X over the fang marks. Don't suck out the...
How to Rehydrate Someone Properly When There Is No IV
How to Rehydrate Someone Properly When There Is No IV By the Jase Medical Team When someone is losing fluid from vomiting or diarrhea, rehydration isn't simply a matter of getting them to drink something. The type of fluid matters. The amount matters. And especially...
Why You Can’t Dose a Child From an Adult Tablet
Why You Can't Dose a Child From an Adult Tablet You cannot reliably turn an adult medication into a child's dose just by cutting the tablet smaller. That can be frustrating to hear at 9 p.m. when the children's ibuprofen bottle is empty, the pharmacy is closed, and...
For Clinicians
For Clinicians | Trick or Treatment? 5 Halloween Health Facts From a Pharmacist
For Clinicians | Trick or Treatment? 5 Halloween Health Facts From a Pharmacist By Dr. Jamie Wilkey, PharmD, Director of Clinical EducationMedically reviewed and edited by Kristen Carpenter, PA-C Halloween is this week, so we’re taking a break from our in-depth...
For Clinicians | After the Tick Bite: The Tick Decides the Risk
For Clinicians | After the Tick Bite: The Tick Decides the Risk By Dr. Jamie Wilkey, PharmD, Director of Clinical EducationMedically reviewed and edited by Aaron Asay, PA-C, DMSc, FIBODM, FAWM Ticks have been on my radar my whole life. I grew up in Wyoming, where...
For Clinicians | Diabetes Sick-Day Rules in a Disaster
For Clinicians | Diabetes Sick-Day Rules in a Disaster By Dr. Jamie Wilkey, PharmD, Director of Clinical EducationMedically reviewed and edited by Kristen Carpenter, PA-C Diabetes is already hard to manage. Sick days just make everything worse. And a sick day in a...
For Clinicians | Burn First Aid Without Running Water
For Clinicians | Burn First Aid Without Running Water By Dr. Jamie Wilkey, PharmD, Director of Clinical EducationMedically reviewed and edited by Aaron Asay, PA-C, DMSc, FIBODM, FAWM Every burn first-aid guide starts the same way: cool it under running water. That's...
For Clinicians | Should You Suck Out Snake Venom?
For Clinicians | Should You Suck Out Snake Venom? The Snakebite Myths Your Patients Still Believe By Dr. Jamie Wilkey, PharmD, Director of Clinical EducationMedically reviewed and edited by Aaron Asay, PA-C, DMSc, FIBODM, FAWM I really love gathering my little boys...
For Clinicians | Oral Rehydration When IV Fluids Aren’t Available
For Clinicians | Oral Rehydration When IV Fluids Aren't Available By Dr. Jamie Wilkey, PharmD, Director of Clinical EducationMedically reviewed and edited by Kristen Carpenter, PA-C Hi again, it's Jamie, your pharmacist who loves writing about appropriate medical...