Emergency Room & Urgent Care
If you’re facing a life-threatening emergency, call 911 immediately or go to the Emergency Room near you. Visit walk-in Urgent Care for non-emergent conditions that need medical attention.
Visit the Emergency Room for:
- Alcohol or drug intoxication or overdose
- Bone fractures
- Changes in vision or trouble speaking
- Chest pain/heart attack
- Confusion or change in mental status
- Dizziness
- Loss of consciousness/head injuries
- Numbness or weakness on one side/stroke symptoms
- Pregnancy-related problems (bleeding or abdominal pain)
- Severe abdominal pain
- Severe cuts
- Severe headache - sudden onset
- Sexual assault or domestic violence
- Shortness of breath
- Suicide attempt or suicidal thoughts or threats
- Trauma such as a car accident, fall, drowning, violence, fire or sports/recreational injury
Visit walk-in Urgent Care for:
- Cuts, scrapes and bruises
- Ear pain/infection
- Fever, colds and flu
- Sinus and upper respiratory infections
- Skin rashes, insect bites and minor burns
- Sore/strep throat
- Strains and sprains
- Sudden back or neck pain
- Urinary burning
Need to be seen today but not urgently?
Check MyChart for Primary Care appointments, as early as same day, and avoid unknown wait times in Urgent Care. You must be a current patient to schedule in MyChart.
How to connect
You can visit our Emergency Room and walk-in Urgent Care services without a referral from your primary care provider.
Find your local Emergency Room and Urgent Care or call 911.
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