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Emergency or Urgent Care?
Not sure whether you should go to the Emergency Department or Urgent Care? This quick guide can help you decide where to go for the care you need.
“Emergency” care is for serious or potentially life-threatening conditions, for which a visit to the Emergency Department at Sturdy Memorial Hospital is recommended. “Urgent care” is for illnesses and injuries that need prompt attention but are not life-threatening, for which Sturdy Health Urgent Care – Plainville is more appropriate.
Atención de urgencias
Go to the Emergency Department at Sturdy Memorial Hospital for serious or potentially life-threatening conditions including:
- Chest pain, especially when accompanied by sweating, shortness of breath, or pain that radiates to the jaw or arm
- Dificultad para respirar
- Severe allergic reactions that affect breathing
- Sangrado abundante
- Vaginal bleeding in pregnancy
- Burns covering large areas of the body
- Sudden onset or severe headaches
- Traumatismo craneal mientras se toman anticoagulantes
- Head or eye injury
- Heridas profundas
- Luxaciones articulares
- Major extremity injury with deformity
- Palpitaciones intensas
- Dolor abdominal o de espalda intenso
- Dolor repentino en los testículos o en la pelvis
- Vómitos persistentes
- Fainting/loss of consciousness episode
- Seizure without a prior history of epilepsy
- Sudden confusion, difficulty speaking or understanding speech, weakness of an arm or leg, or sudden loss of vision in one or both eyes
- Pensamientos suicidas
- Baby 3 months old or younger with fever of 100.4 degrees or higher
Atención de urgencia
Sturdy Health Urgent Care – Plainville provides care for many illnesses and injuries that need prompt attention but are not life-threatening including:
- Dolor de garganta
- Earaches
- Tos
- Cold or flu symptoms
- Sinus pain
- Mild shortness of breath related to asthma
- Fever without rash
- Minor cuts requiring stitches
- Minor burns
- Rashes, including those related to poison ivy or tick bites
- Abscess requiring drainage
- Minor extremity injuries
- Sports-related injuries
- Mild back pain
- Muscular pain
- Persistent diarrhea
- Vomiting when you are still able to drink fluids
- Stomach pain that is not severe
- Suspected gout flare-ups
- Dolor al orinar
- Flu shots
- X-ray services for possible minor bone fractures
