9+ Times Urgent Care is the Right Care

All too often, medical emergencies occur out of the blue – your child wakes up with intense stomach pains, you sprain your ankle on a weekend run, a family member trips and falls. After the initial shock and panic from these types of situations, another emotion can take over… uncertainty. Should I rush to the emergency room? What about an urgent care clinic? Is my primary care physician’s office even open? These are the questions that plague patients in times of medical need.

So how can you determine which care is the right care?

If you or your loved one is in need of medical attention, an urgent care physician could assist you with these 9+ symptoms and conditions:

• Treating coughs, colds and flu
• Performing physicals for schools, camps and workplaces
• Administering vaccines
• Conducting drug screenings
• Screening for and treating urinary tract infections (UTIs)
• Getting X-rays
• Treating ear pain, skin rashes and sinus infections
• Removing stitches or sutures
• Setting fractures and sprains
• More…

The beauty of urgent care lies right within its name… urgent. While many of the treatments and tests performed at an urgent care clinic could be treated by a patient’s primary care physician, scheduling an appointment and getting in to see your physician at night or on a weekend is not always possible.

So when your needs don’t warrant the emergency room but you don’t have time to wait for a primary care physician, make urgent care your first stop.

If someone in your family needs urgent care, choose the one in the area where you are sure to receive extraordinary care. Covenant MedExpress has five convenient locations in the Great Lakes Bay Region and offers an online check-in option so you can skip the wait.

Find a Covenant HealthCare MedExpress location near you and check in now.

Posted Date: 7/14/2017