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Benefits to using an Urgent Care Center
There are many benefits to using our Urgent Care Centers (UCC) versus an emergency room. These benefits include:
- Quick access to care: Most hospital emergency rooms (ERs) are overcrowded, and you can expect long waits. At our UCCs, you will have faster access to medical professionals trained to handle many non-life threatening emergency medical conditions.
- Less costly: If you are insured, you may face a much higher co-insurance or co-payment at an ER. These co-pays vary, so check your health plan benefits.
- More personalized care: Our Urgent Care doctors have access to your medical records and can offer you much more personalized care than an unfamiliar emergency room doctor. The urgent care doctor will make sure you are scheduled for extra testing, if necessary, and arrange for prompt follow-up with your primary care doctor.
- No appointment is necessary.
- Convenient locations: HealthCare Partners has Urgent Care Centers throughout the Los Angeles area. Additional urgent care services may available in our affiliated medical centers. Check with your doctor's office.
Your primary care physician will be notified of your UCC visit and will be able to follow up with you.
Emergency
If your medical need is emergent, dial 9-1-1 or go to the nearest Emergency Room.
According to the American College of Emergency Physicians, the following are warning signs of a medical emergency:
- Fainting or unconsciousness
- Breathing difficulty, shortness of breath, or choking
- Continuous bleeding
- Coughing up or vomiting blood
- Suicidal or homicidal feelings
- Severe or persistent vomiting
- Chest pain
- Upper abdominal pain or pressure
- Change in mental status (such as unusual behavior, confusion, difficulty arousing)
- Head or spine injury
- Sudden, severe pain anywhere in the body
- Sudden dizziness, weakness, or change in vision
- Ingestion of a poisonous substance
- Sudden injury like motor vehicle accident, burns or smoke inhalation, near drowning, deep or large wound, etc.
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