Allergic Reactions, Temperature Related Illnesses, and Serious Infections
Emergency medicine treats more than trauma to the body. Certain illnesses can escalate quickly. Strokes and heart attacks require immediate care.
- Allergic reactions can come from anywhere. It is the body’s hyper-response to an allergic stimulus, which could be from food, plants, animals, medication, or other sources.
- Heat and cold related illnesses often occur rapidly when working in extreme temperatures and environments.
- Patients with a serious infection may run a high fever, chills, or difficulty breathing.
- Seriously infected wounds may have red streaks traveling toward the heart from the wound location.
- Individuals with compromised immune systems from diabetes, cancer, or other illnesses with infections are at increased danger of infections that may not occur in the normal population.
