Dr. Phillip Goebel
Emergency Medicine
Salt Lake City, UT
18 years experience male
Locations
Emergency Physicians Integrated Care
Salt Lake City, UT
About
Bio
Board certified in emergency medicine, veteran of the United States Air Force. I love the outdoors, cycling, and fly fishing.
SpecialtiesDoctors may have more than one area of specialty interest. Board certification in a specialty area means the doctor has completed formal training and has practice experience in that specialty, and has passed the certification examination from the corresponding accredited medical specialty board.
Doctors may have more than one area of specialty interest. Board certification in a specialty area means the doctor has completed formal training and has practice experience in that specialty, and has passed the certification examination from the corresponding accredited medical specialty board.
Emergency Medicine
Languages spoken
English
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680 Answers
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A 55-year-old male asked:
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Emergency Medicine 18 years experience
Avoid alcohol: Alcohol is definitely not recommended for you with your history of pancreatitis.
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A female asked:
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Neuropraxia: Likely a pressure injury to the nerves controlling her arm, but could also be a stroke. Please get her to an emergency department right away. It also ... Read More
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A 26-year-old female asked:
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Symptoms?: If you are not having any symptoms these vital signs are not something to be overly concerned about.
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A 28-year-old female asked:
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Clot not likely: Since your doctor has evaluated you for a blood clot and found it to be unlikely by exam and testing, you are likely dealing with some other cause of ... Read More
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A 22-year-old female asked:
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Genetics: Everybody's body carries fat in different areas preferentially. Yours is the lower extremities. Keep up with your diet and exercise and those areas wi... Read More
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A 16-year-old male asked:
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Severe pain: Testicular torsion cuts off the blood supply to your testicle and this universally causes severe pain as the testicle starts to die from lack of blood... Read More
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A 27-year-old male asked:
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Follow up: If you are getting worse you should go back in to the doctor. Sometimes the bacteria are resistant to the antibiotic and you need to change to another... Read More
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A 18-year-old female asked:
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No healthy way: That is too rapid of a weight loss to be maintained, and will likely result in dehydration and/or muscle loss. Better to aim for 1 kg weight loss per ... Read More
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A member asked:
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Please seek help: If you or someone you know overdosed it is contemplating overdosing please seek help immediately. Symptoms of overdose are fever, confusion, dry mouth... Read More
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A 52-year-old female asked:
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Cardiologist: A prominent Inferior vena cava on ultrasound can be seen with right-sided heart failure. You should talk with your doctor about the results and consid... Read More
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A 56-year-old female asked:
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Lung disease: If this is new it could be a pneumonia. If you are a smoker this could be COPD or emphysema. You should be seen and evaluated, as there are treatments... Read More
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A 16-year-old female asked:
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Get checked: At that location it is not likely to be a lymph node. It would be best to have a physician evaluate it in person to give you an accurate diagnosis.
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A 23-year-old female asked:
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Prisoners: People being held hostage or prisoner. It can also occur to people who are being abused. It usually occurs in psychologically traumatic situations and... Read More
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A 19-year-old male asked:
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Be content: I would recommend that you try and be content with your skin pigmentation rather than try expensive treatments that may or may not work. A dermatologi... Read More
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A 26-year-old male asked:
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Emergency Medicine 18 years experience
Unfortunate: It sounds like you have post concussive syndrome. Unfortunately people with moderate to severe concussions can have ongoing problems like you describe... Read More
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A 29-year-old male asked:
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Normal: Fluids are constantly moving through your stomach into your intestine and through the intestine, and that makes noise. It is not a symptom of infectio... Read More
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A 22-year-old female asked:
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Low: Women are generally not fertile while on their period, so the chance of ectopic pregnancy from that alone is very low.
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A male asked:
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Done growing: At age 20 you have likely reached your maximum height, and nothing will cause you to grow taller.
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A 18-year-old female asked:
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No: Generally there are no side effects from prenatal vitamins except for some constipation from the iron in them.
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A 26-year-old male asked:
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Doubles defects: Marriage between first cousins doubled the risk of birth defects from 3% to 6% in a study of Pakistani children.
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A 35-year-old female asked:
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Symptoms: High numbers are only an emergency if accompanied by symptoms like chest pain, severe headache, difficulty breathing, or confusion. That being said le... Read More
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A 24-year-old female asked:
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Uveitis=pain: Uveitis usually is associated with significant pain not just redness. If you saw an ophthalmologist and they performed a complete exam of your eye the... Read More
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A 19-year-old female asked:
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No: This is not an effective way to become pregnant.
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A 33-year-old female asked:
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Hemorrhoids : Hemorrhoids and anal fissures can cause those symptoms.
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A 32-year-old female asked:
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Inflammation: I assume you had a CT with that finding. It means that all of your sinuses show signs of ongoing inflammation. This can be from recurrent infections o... Read More
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A 43-year-old female asked:
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Gallbladder : When they do an ultrasound of your liver they also look at the gallbladder. Fasting helps ensure that the gallbladder is full and easier to evaluate o... Read More
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A 34-year-old female asked:
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Emergency Medicine 18 years experience
Water: Water is the best liquid to drink. If you eliminate soda and packaged juice, you will be significantly healthier in a year. With liver findings alread... Read More
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A 25-year-old female asked:
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Emergency Medicine 18 years experience
Ultrasound: A combination of ultrasound (either transabdominal or transvaginal), B-hcg levels, and clinical information are used to diagnose a miscarriage. CT is ... Read More
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A female asked:
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Emergency Medicine 18 years experience
Be seen: Go see an ophthalmologist or to an emergency department to be seen. While it is most likely an abrasion to the surface of the eye, she should be seen ... Read More
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A female asked:
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Stay out of Africa: The best way to avoid Ebola is to stay away from areas with an active outbreak in West Africa. If you live outside of those areas, your chances of cat... Read More
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A 51-year-old female asked:
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Problem drinking: If you are consuming 1 bottle of wine by yourself daily, you definitely meet the definition of problem drinking and likely are dependent on alcohol. T... Read More
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A 17-year-old female asked:
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None: There is no medication that can prevent nosebleeds. Keeping your nasal mucosa hydrated with humidified air can help, and sometimes applying a thin lay... Read More
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A 57-year-old male asked:
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Emergency Medicine 18 years experience
See your doctor: Your doctor can easily evaluate your kidney and liver, and address your worries.
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A 29-year-old male asked:
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Emergency Medicine 18 years experience
It came from someone: If you have herpes it came from someone. It can remain latent for long periods of time before showing symptoms.
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A 38-year-old female asked:
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Emergency Medicine 18 years experience
Hard to say: It's hard to say without seeing it. Possibilities include an infected hair follicle, an early abscess, an ingrown hair. If is worsening go to your doc... Read More
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A male asked:
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DNA: Genes are made up of nucleic acids called DNA. Those genes are then transcribed into amino acid sequences called proteins. The dystrophin gene is much... Read More
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A 47-year-old female asked:
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Go to the ER: Your symptoms and age put you at risk for serious causes of chest pain including heart attack. You need an emergent evaluation.
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A 16-year-old female asked:
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Palpitations: This sensation can be present with several conditions including anxiety, abnormal heart rhythms, or infections. You should go see your regular doctor ... Read More
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A 18-year-old female asked:
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Safe: Sexually transmitted infections are not passed by contact with toilet seats
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A 28-year-old male asked:
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Emergency Medicine 18 years experience
Urticaria: You are describing exercise induced urticaria. Taking an antihistamine like diphenhydramine prior to working out can help prevent the symptoms. Rarely... Read More
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A 43-year-old female asked:
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See a physician: Hand burns should be seen by a physician especially if you cannot use it normally.
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A 28-year-old female asked:
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Work flow: it doesn't take a week to actually do the pathology examination. That is just the anticipated wait due to having to wait for it to get done due to bac... Read More
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A 25-year-old male asked:
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Emergency Medicine 18 years experience
Pus: You seem to be describing pus coming from your mouth. Please see your dentist as soon as possible to be evaluated.
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Not possible: This is something that you cannot alter or control. By the nature of sperm formation, the number of sperm cells carrying Y chromosomes is for all purp... Read More
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A 26-year-old male asked:
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Yes: A sore that looks like a pimple on the head of your penis could be herpes. It is time to go in and be tested for herpes and other sexually transmitted... Read More
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A 20-year-old female asked:
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Conception: Blood type is determined genetically, so the baby's blood type was determined at conception. Since you are rH negative, if you have vaginal bleeding o... Read More
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A 18-year-old female asked:
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Very Unlikely: HIV does not survive outside of the body well. In addition some one with HIV would have had to have cut themselves on that exact same spot. So to catc... Read More
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A 17-year-old male asked:
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Emergency Medicine 18 years experience
Time to be seen: If you have an extra mass in your scrotum it is time to be evaluated by a physician in person to determine what it is and make sure it is not cancer.
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A 33-year-old male asked:
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Emergency Medicine 18 years experience
Still there: The hemorrhoid is still there. I'm glad it is not giving you pain all of the time, but you should probably continue treating it until entirely asympto... Read More
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A 24-year-old female asked:
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Emergency Medicine 18 years experience
Chafing or infection: If the pain is coming from chafing during intercourse, he can apply a small amount of over the counter antibiotic ointment to the tip of his penis, an... Read More
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Aug 10, 2014
Dr Goebel is providing an excellent service to the public via Healthtap. The information he provides is accurate, understandable & makes sense. I endorse Dr. Goebel.
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Mar 30, 2015
Dr. Goebel is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
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Mar 31, 2015
Dr. Goebel is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
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This was very helpful. Thanks! As someone with white coat syndrome and blood pressure meds, your note was very helpful and reassuring. I have had lots of doctors, but none of them told me that before...Read More
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This was very helpful. Thanks! Thank you. I thought zolpidem might since it is a hypnotic. Restoril is a benzo i know but hypnotic just sounds like a drug made to make you forget.
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This was very helpful. Thanks! I'm at the er now getting checked. Ekg looked good, waiting on chest xray. They gave me a shot for pain but did not help. Maybe even made it worse.
Education & Training
Medical/Graduate school
Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine, OR
Graduated 2005MD
Residency
San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium
Awards
Top Emergency Medicine Specialist , First Place, Utah - Summer
2014
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