Professionals at urgent medical care facilities see numerous cases of heat stroke each year. While heat stroke can be frightening it is most often not life threatening. Heat stroke occurs when a person’s core body temperature exceeds normal limits due to over exertion in the heat of the day. Too much activity in extremely high […]

After hours urgent care provides a critical partner for parents caring for a young child or baby. Young children are susceptible to fast-moving health conditions, and after hours care can make a huge different is stopping a risk before it grow critical. Young children are especially prone to fevers, stomach problems, cardiovascular conditions, and falls. […]

Urgent care is often something scene on TV in many people’s minds; you roll up to a hospital, enter the emergency room door, and doctors and nurses on the trauma team are ready and available to deal with a problem right away. Real after hours care doesn’t work so well in many institutions. In real life you […]

Rising healthcare costs and overburdened emergency room services spurred the development of alternative options for health concerns requiring urgent attention but are not life-threatening. Cigna Urgent Care is an example of these options. The primary differences between emergency room (ER) and urgent care involve medical services offered and conditions treated. Unclear concerns should default to an […]

Urgent medical care professionals are there to help when a patient comes in with any type of injury, including dislocated or broken bones. Depending on the type of fracture or break received, however, there may be only so much they can do. Different types of fractures need different levels of care. In some cases, it […]