Preparing for Common Family Emergencies with ER Physician Dr. Anne-Caroline Norman

In this episode, Board Certified Emergency Medicine Physician Dr. Anne-Caroline Norman and I discuss Preparing for Common Family Emergencies including answers to the following questions: 

- Is COVID improving and will we be able to travel again soon?

- What are the most common family emergencies we can prepare our home and family for?

- What do we need to prepare for wound care, allergic reactions and pain?

- What supplies should we bring when travelling?

- How do we know a situation is an emergency? 

- How do we decide when to call 911 for assistance?

- How do we know whether to go to an ER or urgent care?

- What information should we always have available for paramedics or the ER doctor?

- What questions should we ask of your children's friends' parents or visitors to your home?

- How can we prepare for emergencies in a public setting?

- How can we keep our elderly family members safe?

- How do we approach an emergency when we are alone?

- What can we do to help the ER doctors and optimize an ER visit? 

- Why do we have to wait when we come to the ER?

- What exactly happens during an ER visit?

- Why don't we always get a diagnosis in the ER?

- What should we know by the time leave the ER?

- Why is it so important to follow up with our primary care doctor?

- Why is it so important that our family members know our wishes for end-of-life care?

- What is the utility of telemedicine in helping to triage emergencies?

- How can we best advocate for ourselves and our family members during an ER encounter?

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Dr. Anne-Caroline Norman is a Board Certified Emergency Medicine Physician who has practiced in an academic teaching hospital, a community hospital and in urgent care. She completed her undergraduate degree in sunny California at Stanford University.  After a gap year traveling with a backpack, sleeping bag and a tent in South America, she completed an MD and an MBA, at Duke University.  Dr. Norman did a year of research at the National Institutes of Health, and then completed her residency at Duke University.  She recently relocated to Naples, Florida and has been enjoying outdoor adventures with her husband and four children.


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