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Corpus Christi Emergency Care: Your Quality Care Center for Heart Attacks and Health Emergencies

July 22, 2016 — Heart Attack, News and Events

Image from blog.doctoroz.com In a time where busy-ness is a culture, and over fatigue is trivialized and openly condoned, efforts to promote awareness for heart health must increase. Day in and day out, heart attacks creep on unknowing victims who shrug off the tiredness and heaviness that they’ve been feeling, and mistake their lingering chest […]

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Physicians Premier: Your Immediate Care Center in Corpus Christi

Physicians Premier: Your Immediate Care Center

July 13, 2016 — News and Events

Image from netdoctor.co.uk Psychologists claim that the kind of personality that we have has a direct influence on our health. Over time, medical professionals have set a distinction between two types of personalities: Type A and Type B. Psychologists believe that Type B personalities are more relaxed, more able to handle things one at a […]

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Freestanding Emergency Care Center Myths Busted

June 20, 2016 — News and Events

Image from Pixabay Emergency Care Centers are not at all a new trend in the medical care industry.  In fact, Freestanding Emergency Departments (FSEDs) first started in the 1970s as a means to provide emergency services to rural areas, which were too small to maintain a hospital. These days, Emergency Care Centers have become as […]

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Why People Prefer Emergency Care Centers

June 15, 2016 — News and Events

Recent reports have revealed a rapid increase in the number of immediate care centers in Texas, and all across the United States over the past five years.  The emergence of new and cheaper innovations, along with the growing need for 24/7 medical services have paved the way for Freestanding Emergency Departments (FSEDs) to move from […]

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More reasons to choose an Emergency Room in Corpus Christi

May 27, 2016 — News and Events

There are a number of emergency room visits in the United States. According to the National Center for Health Statistics, there were 44.5 visits to the emergency department per 100 persons in 2011. However, not all emergency rooms are 24 hour emergency care units, have a state of the art facility, simplified billing, and are highly experienced in […]

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Physicians Premier Emergency Room Reviews | Corpus Christi ER

Physicians Premier Emergency Room Reviews

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Having reviews are such a big help to let others know about the products and services provided. In an Emergency Room such as Physicians Premier, they serve patients of all ages 24hours every day. Physicians Premier has locations all across the state of Texas with patient reviews for each location. Here are some of the […]

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Is your Physician Board Certified?

April 18, 2016 — News and Events

Not all students who graduated from medical schools have medical licenses to legally practice medicine and not all physicians who have medical licenses are board certified. More so, not all board certified physicians are immediately available in hospital ERs and urgent care clinics. Board certification is a voluntary process which has a specific specialty. It […]

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Exploring Medical Imaging

April 17, 2016 — News and Events

Computed Tomography (CT) Scans, Digital X-Rays, and Ultrasounds are few of the medical imaging modalities which Physician Premier ER provides to serve their walk in patients in Corpus Christi with better and faster results than any other urgent care clinics. Medical imaging is a technique and process that creates visual representation of the interior of […]

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Dealing with a Trauma Patient

March 19, 2016 — Health & Safety Tips

Trauma is the medical term for any injury to the body that can potentially cause long-term problems like chronic pain, disability, or death. It is the 6th leading cause of death and the 5th leading cause of major disability worldwide. Around 5 million deaths or 10% of the total death rate are annually attributed to […]

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What is a Digital X-ray?

March 17, 2016 — News and Events

Medical X-rays and the field of Radiography have been around for over 120 years. Ever since the discovery of X-rays—a form of electromagnetic radiation emitted by electrons that passes easily through solid objects without being much absorbed or scattered, people were quick to use x-rays for medical diagnostic purposes. This pioneering method became widely used […]

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