Fast and Affordable Emergency Care

When an emergency medical situation arises, you need fast medical attention. Scheduling an appointment with your primary physician is often out of the question, and wait times at hospitals could take hours – precious time that your medical condition does not have the luxury of waiting for.  All these factors and more make urgent care centers a valuable alternative to emergency rooms for last minute emergency care.

The clinics that are part of UrgentMED offer affordable emergency care with short wait times of minutes – not hours – and accept many insurance providers. Our licensed physicians can perform a number of examinations, diagnostic testing, and minor surgeries for your non-life-threatening medical needs. Should any prescription be required to treat your emergency situation, most of our facilities conveniently stock medications in-house and prescriptions can be filled with little to no wait time. UrgentMED was created with our patients in mind, doing everything possible to minimize the number of trips needed to restore you to full health, and doing so as quickly as possible.

Emergency Room Alternatives: Urgent Care Clinics

Urgent care centers are a relatively new type of medical establishment. They were first introduced in the 1970s and at the time, only provided basic care for ailments like colds, the flu, and other everyday diseases. Since then, urgent care centers have evolved to be sophisticated medical centers with many facilities that rival a primary doctor’s office such as x-rays, in-house labs as well as in-house medications.

Patients have been flocking to these hybrid health centers as they offer convenient and fast treatment by licensed doctors and nurses. Urgent care centers are very walk-in friendly, and attractive to patients because appointments are not necessary. It is for this particular reason that many patients are turning to clinics like those of UrgentMED for emergency care.

When To Go To the Emergency Room

When To Go To Urgent Care

Urgent care is recommended when a medical condition is time sensitive but not life-threatening. Most urgent care centers purposefully have more extended hours than tradition doctor’s hours for this very purpose, making them more accessible and more convenient for the public. They also boast very short waiting periods and quick turnaround times, with most patients being seen minutes after arriving and being treated within the hour. In addition, most urgent care centers accept insurance, allowing for affordable emergency care that would be otherwise impossible at the ER.

Here are some examples of health issues that urgent care centers can provide treatment for:

• Fractures and sprains
• Nausea
• Vomiting
• Diareah
• Headaches
• Ear infection
• Sinus pain
• Fever
• Animal Bites
• Stitches
• Mild Asthma
• Rashes
• Allergies
• Cold/flu symptoms

Visit your closest clinic in UrgentMED if your primary care physician is closed or whether you need immediate attention on a walk-in basis.

Still not sure where to go for emergency care?

If you are unsure of what type of medical facility to go to for your emergency care, you should  call your health care provider. Insurance companies typically have nurse telephone hotlines that can give advice on your particular situation. This is a good option if you are not sure whether the medical emergency is indeed life-threatening or not.

Urgent care clinics can provide emergency care services at a fraction of the cost of going to the ER. With shorter wait times, convenient in-house labs and medication stored on site, the clinics of UrgentMED aim to make getting top quality medical attention easier than ever. But despite the great convenience of urgent care centers, make sure that they can appropriately handle the medical emergency at hand. It’s important to know the medical facilities closest to you in case of such an emergency.

UrgentMED is Here for You

When you have a time-sensitive medical issue that is not life-threatening but still severe enough that it needs immediate treatment, you can count on receiving fast and affordable emergency care from UrgentMED. There are 14 of our convenient walk-in urgent care clinics located throughout Southern California. They are open on weekdays from 8 AM to 8 PM and on weekends from 9 PM to 5 PM.

Find the closest urgent care clinic near you to receive fast emergency care and get back to full health in no time.

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