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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...
What is Plague?
What Is Plague? By the Jase Medical Team Plague is back in the headlines, and people are suddenly Googling a disease they may not have thought about since history class. A 28-year-old laboratory worker at an anti-plague research institute in Siberia recently died...
Nobody Has Your Medication List, Including Your Doctor and Your Pharmacy
Nobody Has Your Medication List, Including Your Doctor and Your Pharmacy By the Jase Medical Team Most of us assume that somewhere in the healthcare system, there is one correct list of every medication we take. Your primary care doctor has a list. Your pharmacy has a...
For Clinicians
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...
For Clinicians | Pediatric Dosing 101: What Parents Need From You Before They’re Dosing Alone
For Clinicians | Pediatric Dosing 101: What Parents Need From You Before They're Dosing Alone By Dr. Jamie Wilkey, PharmD, Director of Clinical EducationMedically reviewed and edited by Aaron Asay, PA-C, DMSc, FIBODM, FAWM Pharmacy school drills one line into you over...
For Clinicians | What Is Plague? One Bacterium, Three Diseases
For Clinicians | What Is Plague? One Bacterium, Three Diseases By Dr. Jamie Wilkey, PharmD, Director of Clinical EducationMedically reviewed and edited by Aaron Asay, PA-C, DMSc, FIBODM, FAWM Well, the plague is back in the news. Reports out of Russia in early October...