And here’s the last in my short “When To Call” series. This one’s a little different, and quite a bit longer. That’s due to the complexity and sheer number of potential orthopedic problems.
When consulting a specialty service, always keep the patient paramount in your decision making. Then think about how soon and under what context they really need to see the patient. Can it wait until morning? Do they even really need to be seen in the ED, or can this be an outpatient visit?
Tomorrow: Expectations on how your consultants should go about their business when seeing your patients.
- Reference card: When to call urology
- Reference card: When to call ophthalmology
- Reference card: When to call ortho
