Primary care, urgent care, emergency care: How to know where to go

When you or your loved one doesn’t feel well, consider the symptoms when choosing the best place to go for care.

If you believe it’s a life-threatening condition, call 9-1-1 or head to the emergency department right away. Chest pain, difficulty breathing, sudden weakness or numbness, head injury, uncontrolled bleeding or symptoms of a stroke need immediate emergency care.

Urgent care is helpful for issues that aren’t life-threatening but still need quick medical intervention, such as sprains, minor fractures, cuts that may require stitches or high fever.

For most everyday health concerns during office hours, your first call should be to your primary care provider. At Holy Cross Health, we offer same-day primary care appointments to make it easy to see a provider when you need one. When something feels off and it can’t wait, you deserve care that fits your schedule. With same-day primary care, your care team can treat your health concern, check your overall health and coordinate any follow-up care you may need.

At Holy Cross Health, we offer same-day primary care appointments to make it easy to see a provider when you need one.

If you need care now and it’s not an emergency, call your Holy Cross Health primary care office. You’ll get the convenient, personalized and compassionate care you’re used to … today.