Where Should You Go?
Urgent care is a good option when your provider is not available, and your condition requires immediate care but is NOT life-threatening.
Primary Care
Call or see your Primary Care Provider (PCP) for your routine or acute medical needs. Your PCP knows you and your health history and is available to call 24/7.
Your provider’s office is the best place to go for routine care. Your PCP can help manage your health over time. Make an appointment for…
Routine:
- Check-ups, physicals, routine disease management, medication refills, Well Child Checks & vaccines
- DOT Physicals
Acute medical needs:
- Minor sprains, burns, cuts, wounds, or rashes
- Suspected broken bone, not shifted or out of place
- Earache, toothache & sinus infections
- Urinary Tract Infections (UTI)
- Mild allergic reactions
- Animal or insect bite
- Minor infections such as fever, flu, cold, cough & sore throat
- Nausea, vomiting, & diarrhea
- Pain or discomfort
- Referral to a specialist
- Eye infection or irritation
- Sore throat
- Mild to moderate asthma symptoms
Express Care
Go to Express Care for common things that need to be treated soon, but your PCP is not available. Express Care is a good option when your PCP is not available, and your condition requires immediate care but is not life threatening. No appointment is needed. Extended and weekend hours available.
Acute medical needs:
- Minor sprains, burns, cuts, wounds, or rashes
- Suspected broken bone, not shifted or out of place
- Earache, toothache & sinus infections
- Urinary Tract Infections (UTI)
- Mild allergic reactions
- Animal or insect bite
- Minor infections such as fever, flu, cold, cough & sore throat
- Nausea, vomiting, & diarrhea
- Pain or discomfort
- Eye infection or irritation
- Sore throat
- Mild to moderate asthma symptoms
Emergency Room
Go to the Emergency Room (ER) for serious life threatening conditions. The ER is not the place to go for minor illnesses or injuries. If you experience any of the symptoms below, go to the closest ER or call 911 …
Life threatening symptoms:
- Sudden chest pain
- Stroke symptoms – weakness/numbness on one side of the face or body, trouble with vision or speech, sudden confusion
- Seizures
- Short of breath
- Sudden severe headache
- Severe abdominal pain
- Severe burns & deep wounds
- Broken bones
- Severe allergic reaction
- Less than 4 weeks old with temperature higher than 100.4
- Coughing or vomiting blood
- Sudden loss of consciousness
- Drug overdose or poisoning
- Head or eye injury
- Thoughts of suicide or self-harm
- Uncontrolled bleeding