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Non-life-threatening urgent medical needs
An urgent medical need is one that needs attention but that is not life-threatening. If your urgent medical need occurs during your doctor’s office hours, call your doctor’s office directly. You may be able to see your doctor the same day.
If your urgent medical need occurs after office hours, you should also be able to call your doctor's office to find out the best course of action. Or, you may visit one of HealthCare Partners’ Urgent Care Centers.
If your urgent medical need occurs after office hours, you should also be able to call your doctor's office to find out the best course of action. Or, you may visit one of HealthCare Partners’ Urgent Care Centers.
- Please select an area from below.
- Greater Los Angeles Area - Los Angeles Urgent Care Center
- Greater Los Angeles Area - Montebello Urgent Care Center
- Long Beach & North Orange County Area - Long Beach Urgent Care Center
- Pasadena/San Gabriel Valley Area - Fair Oaks Urgent Care Center
- Pasadena/San Gabriel Valley Area - Foothill Medical Center (affiliated UCC)
- Pasadena/San Gabriel Valley Area - Glendora Urgent Care Center
- San Fernando & Santa Clarita Valleys Area - Van Nuys Urgent Care Center
Several of our Urgent Care Centers are open on holidays, when your doctor's office may be closed. Holidays for 2009 include:
- New Year's Day - Thursday, January 1
- Martin Luther King, Jr. Day - Monday, January 19
- Presidents' Day - Monday, February 16
- Memorial Day - Monday, May 25
- Independence Day - Friday, July 3
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Labor Day - Monday, September 7
- Thanksgiving Holiday - Thursday, November 26, and Friday, November 27
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Christmas Day - Friday, December 25
Benefits to using an Urgent Care Center
If you have an urgent medical need that's not life-threatening, using an Urgent Care Center (UCC) may offer you the following benefits:
If you have an urgent medical need that's not life-threatening, using an Urgent Care Center (UCC) may offer you the following benefits:
- Shorter wait times than a hospital emergency room
- Lower co-payments than a hospital emergency room
- Open extended hours, weekends, or holidays
- Convenient locations through the Greater Los Angeles area
If you have an Emergency Medical Need, dial 9-1-1 or go to the nearest hospital 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.