Feature | A Critical Addition: Embedding PTs Into Emergency Departments

A 65-year-old male patient is assisted into the emergency department with his adult daughter after a fall earlier that morning in his living room due to complaints of dizziness. Upon arrival, the patient presents with elevated blood pressure, complaints of dizziness, and right knee pain.

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