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Which of Your Medications Actually Cannot Wait?
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
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...
The Most Common Infections You Can Get in an Emergency or Disaster
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...
Medication Management During a Hurricane or Flood Evacuation
Medication Management During a Hurricane or Flood Evacuation By the Jase Medical Team The storm track shifts west, and suddenly you have an hour to load the car. Clothes are easy. Chargers, important documents, water...you know where those go. Then you get to the...
Pink Eye: When You Actually Need Antibiotic Eye Drops
Pink Eye: When You Actually Need Antibiotic Eye Drops By the Jase Medical Team It’s Monday morning, and your child wakes up with one eye crusted shut. You clean it up, get everyone out the door, and hope for the best. By 9:15, the school calls. Your child has pink...
Controlled Substances in a Disaster
Controlled Substances in a Disaster: Why the Schedule on Your Prescription Changes Everything By the Jase Medical Team ou evacuated with four days of medication in your bag. Now you're two states from home, the pharmacy holding your prescription is closed, and you're...
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For Clinicians | Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Recognition
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...
For Clinicians | Controlled Substance Emergency Refill Rules
For Clinicians | Controlled Substance Emergency Refill Rules: A Pharmacist's Q&A By Dr. Jamie Wilkey, PharmD — Director of Clinical Strategy, JaseMedically reviewed and edited by Kristen Carpenter, PA-C Hi again, it's Jamie, your pharmacist. Here at Jase, we...
For Clinicians | Why Drug Shortages Happen and How Long They Actually Last
For Clinicians | Why Drug Shortages Happen and How Long They Actually Last By Dr. Jamie Wilkey, PharmD — Director of Clinical Strategy, JaseMedically reviewed and edited by Kristen Carpenter, PA-C Hi, I'm Jamie. I'm also a pharmacist. I've spent more than ten years...
For Clinicians | Psychiatric Medications in a Disaster
For Clinicians | Psychiatric Medications in a Disaster Why Stopping and Restarting Are Two Different Hazards By Dr. Jamie Wilkey, PharmD — Director of Clinical Strategy, JaseMedically reviewed and edited by Kristen Carpenter, PA-C Our last article ranked a patient’s...
For Clinicians | Which Medications Can’t Be Missed
For Clinicians | Which Medications Can't Be Missed How to Help Patients Rank their Medication List Before a Disruption By Dr. Jamie Wilkey, PharmD — Director of Clinical Strategy, JaseMedically reviewed and edited by Kristen Carpenter, PA-C September is National...
For Clinicians | Purulent vs. Nonpurulent Cellulitis
For Clinicians | Purulent vs. Nonpurulent Cellulitis What an Antibiotic Can't Do for a Wound By Dr. Jamie Wilkey, PharmD — Director of Clinical Strategy, JaseMedically reviewed and edited by Kristen Carpenter, PA-C Most of what goes wrong with a wound isn't fixed by...