Acute Care
Acute care is a level of health care in which a patient is treated for a brief but severe episode of illness, for conditions that are the result of disease or trauma, and during recovery from surgery. Acutecare is generally provided in a hospital by a variety of clinical personnel using technical equipment, pharmaceuticals, and medical supplies.
Advantage of DVMA
We have over 20 years of experience in providing high quality internal medicine services in acute and subacute care settings. We provide care to patients at several local acute care hospitals and make it our priority to communicate with the patients, patient’s families and primary care doctor whenever patient is admitted under our Hospitalist team’s care.
Health Tips & Info
It can be difficult to know what everything means when you go to the doctor’s office. However, it is important to try to make sense of some basic medical terms so that you can understand the treatment you are receiving. Today, we will discuss acute care, which includes many common medical services.
Acute care is simply an active treatment for short-term needs. In contrast, long-term care is for patients who need assistance to function in their daily lives. Practitioners try to make this care fit seamlessly into a patient’s routine. Long-term care is often performed in a group home, nursing home, or in a person’s residence. Acute care is often performed in a hospital setting or doctor’s office for quick, urgent treatment.
Emergency rooms serve patients with acute needs. Often, these needs include accidents, injuries, or sudden medical needs. Emergency rooms are equipped to handle rapidly changing conditions for accurate care at all times.
A patient’s needs can also change rapidly in the hospital. Therefore, intensive care units are necessary. The ICU is another example of acute care. Patients who have a sudden decline in their health can be treated quickly with the help of specialized tools and practitioners.
Sometimes, a patient has an urgent non-emergency need. Patients can visit an urgent care for sudden sicknesses, minor injuries, or also for primary care purposes.
DVMA offers a variety of acute services to get our patients get better as fast as humanely possible. Contact us today to learn more, or stop by for fast and friendly care.