As violence in the United States continues to rise ever so slightly, more and more citizens are in need of urgent care after their traumatic encounters. Health and medical teams try to keep up, but the country needs more clinics and more staff. Most urgent care facilities are only equipped with a few doctors per shift, unless you live in a major metropolis where extra doctors are not present, but on call. Since nurse practitioners have the training to do most of what doctors do, there are fewer doctors in urgent care. If you have never considered working in urgent care, here are some very good reasons why you should.
Higher Rates of Violence Increase Urgent Care Demands
Impoverished states such as Tennessee and Alaska rank the highest for violent crimes. Shootings, stabbings, rape and assault are the common crimes, placing victims in a terrible position for seeking medical attention. Both of these states have vast expanses of wilderness where no ambulance can effectively reach. The governments in states such as these have special programs in place to draw more medical staff and support the building of urgent care clinics. If you are a doctor or nurse looking to help victims in need, these states are where you need to go.
Mobile Urgent Care for Patient Treatment on Site
A sector lacking in help due to the expectations that ambulances and emergency medical technicians will fix minor injuries places mobile urgent care out of the picture. Ambulances may have a lot of medical inventory and equipment, but the technicians only perform triage, not treatments, diagnosis or wound and broken bone care. If you were to mobilize urgent care, it saves people from having to go to the hospital for the same care they could receive from a doctor in a medical trailer. You would provide a much-needed service, equivalent to the old family doctors who made house calls.
You Can Provide Urgent and Affordable Care Along with Continuity of Care
The best answer is to be there for the injured and sick, and provide affordable and immediate medical attention. Opening a clinic or a mobile clinic is not just about the growing demand for this type of care. It is also about the type of care your patients can get. While your colleagues might express concern over the continuity of care, you can help your patients stay connected to their regular doctors or find doctors they can see for follow-up care. In doing so, you can bridge the gap between the after-hours care the patients need, and the follow-up care they can get after you see them.
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