Anytime a sudden illness hits or an injury occurs, it can be scary and cause a great deal of stress. Do you know what to do? Do you go to the emergency room at your local hospital or do you wait for your doctor’s office to open? These days, many people are choosing to go to an Urgent Care Clinic in Kingwood for treatment.
One thing that makes urgent care clinics so much more appealing than a traditional doctor’s office is the extended business hours. Many doctor’s offices have limited hours making it difficult for working folks to get in for an appointment when they need to. It seems that many injuries and illnesses occur after office hours leaving the patient with little choice but to pay for a trip to the emergency room.
Another great aspect of urgent care clinics is the fact that many of them are equipped with much of the same equipment that hospitals are. You can receive an on-site x ray and have a cast put in place if you have a broken bone.
Some clinics do not offer the extended treatment services and limit their services to include treatment of coughs, colds, cuts, ear infections, flu symptoms, asthma attacks, animal bites and respiratory problems that are not life threatening.
The initial cost of the care you receive at an urgent care clinic is much less than what you would pay at the emergency room. Many times, insurance co-pays for an emergency room are higher than what you are responsible to pay for the urgent care visit.
You should go directly to the emergency room if you are experiencing symptoms of a heart attack, uncontrollable bleeding, have lost consciousness, suffered a head injury, feeling pain or pressure in your abdomen or chest or suffer from severe vomiting. These situations require the full staff of the hospital as well as the equipment they have to for treatment.
Non-emergent health situations can all be treated at one of the Northeast Urgent Care Clinics and Deerbrook Family Clinic. The next time your family has a non-emergent medical situation, save yourself time and money and visit an Urgent Care Clinic in Kingwood.
