3 Top reasons for vising an Urgent Care

If you can’t get an appointment from your doctor and you have flu or ear infection, you can visit your nearest urgent care center. Urgent cares and walk-in clinics are convenient when your primary physician is unable to offer a timely appointment.

1. Waiting Time

We all get sick and it happens outside of regular office hours. Most doctors offices closes around 5 pm, however urgent care clinics have extended hours until 9 or 10 pm. Another problem that you might face with Emergency room is the waiting time in the hospital.

2. Type of Illness

If your illness is life-threatening such cuts that bleeds a lot of severe wounds, you should definitely go to the ER. On the other hand, If your medical condition is non-life-threatening such as ear infection, headache, backache, you can visit the urgent care or open walk-in clinic near by. Therefore, don’t go to urgent care for a life-threatening emergency.

Non life threatening illnesses:

Cold or flu
Strep Throat
Urinary tract infections
Burns
Bug stings
Removing Cysts
Allergic reactions.
Headaches
Fevers
Backaches
Skin Allergy

In addition, Urgent cares and walk-in clinics provide

Work Physicals
X-Rays & In-House Lab Testing
STD tests
School and sports physicals
Adult vaccination
Pap smears

Life Threatening illnesses

Go to the emergency room when you have a serious illness or medical condition that is life threatening and requires quick treatment or surgery. So If you have any of the following symptoms, you need to go to the emergency room quickly

Head injury
Chest pain
Severe eye injury
Numbness on one side
Slurred speech
Fainting
Serious burns
Concussion
Broken bones and dislocated joints
Seizures
Difficulty breathing
Severe wounds that bleeds a lot and require stitches
Vaginal bleeding with pregnancy
Fever with a rash

3. Emergency Rooms are Costly

Urgent Care is definitely cheaper than an ER. An average visit to an UR can cost hundreds and sometimes thousands. However Urgent clinics average cost per visit is anywhere from $60 to $120. A visit to urgent care is less expensive than going to ER. Click here to read more about Urgent Care vs Emergency room. Call us now or ask for directions.