Editorial and Medical Review Policy
Most people who read this site are not browsing. They are trying to work out whether a symptom can wait until morning or needs an emergency room tonight. Information that shapes a decision like that has to be right. This page explains who writes the content on this site, how it is reviewed, where our medical claims come from, and how often we check that they still hold up.
Last reviewed: July 2026
How Our Content Is Created
Every page on this site is written and owned by a human writer on the ER of Dallas editorial team.
Writers research each topic against primary medical sources before drafting, not against other blogs or aggregated summaries. They then write in plain language, because a parent reading about a child’s fever should not have to decode clinical terminology to work out what to do next.
Each page is built around the decision the reader is actually facing: what the symptom might mean, what makes it urgent, and when to seek emergency care.
How Our Content Is Medically Reviewed
Any page covering a medical topic on our website is reviewed by a qualified professional before it goes live.
Reviewed by: Dr. Ravikumar Edalur, MD, Emergency Medicine, ER of Dallas
Our reviewer checks that:
- The content reflects current medical guidance and standard emergency practice
- Symptoms, tests, and treatments are described accurately
- Emergency warning signs are stated clearly enough to act on
- Nothing on the page could lead a reader to delay care they need
If a page does not pass review, it goes back to the writer. It does not get published with a caveat attached.
The Sources We Use
We build health content on authoritative clinical and public health sources, including:
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
- National Institutes of Health (NIH) and MedlinePlus
- American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP)
- American Heart Association (AHA)
- American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)
- Peer-reviewed medical journals and published clinical guidelines
When we cite a fact, a statistic, or a clinical threshold, we link to the original source rather than to an article summarizing it. If you want to verify a claim, you should be one click away from the primary material.
How We Keep Our Content Current
Medical guidance changes, and a page that was accurate three years ago can quietly stop being accurate. We review our health content on a rolling schedule and refresh every medical page at least once a year, sooner when new guidance is published or clinical practice shifts.
Pages carry a visible last reviewed date so you can judge for yourself how current the information is. Content that no longer reflects accepted guidance is corrected or taken down. We do not leave outdated pages online for the traffic.
Corrections and Feedback
If something on this site reads as inaccurate, outdated, or unclear, we want to know. Send the page and the problem through ourcontact page and it goes straight to the editorial team. Confirmed errors are corrected and the page’s review date is updated.
Editorial Independence
Our editorial decisions are based on accuracy and patient safety. No advertiser, sponsor, or outside party influences what we publish, how we describe a condition, or where we tell readers to go for care. When a hospital or a specialist is the right destination rather than a freestanding emergency room, we say so.
What this Content Is and Is Not
The information on this site is educational. It is not a diagnosis, a treatment plan, or a substitute for evaluation by a clinician who can examine you and knows your history. Reading it does not create a doctor-patient relationship.
If you think you are having a medical emergency, call 911 or come toER of Dallas. We are open 24 hours a day, every day of the year, with board-certified emergency physicians and on-site imaging and labs.