Standalone emergency rooms, like Swift Star, are equipped to handle life-threatening conditions and serious medical emergencies that require immediate attention. They are open 24/7 and offer advanced diagnostic tools such as CT scans, ultrasounds, and a variety of complex on-site labs to evaluate for blood clots, heart attacks, liver and kidney function. We also have board certified physicians on duty 24/7/365 for your medical needs and can handle any type of injuries (including head injuries and concussions), respiratory distress, evaluate and diagnose causes of abdominal pain. If your condition warrants a short-term admission, we can also handle that in our facility, depending upon your diagnosis, or we can facilitate a transfer to your choice of hospital while doing our best to bypass their emergency room.
Urgent care centers, on the other hand, are designed to treat non-life-threatening conditions such as minor sprains, common infections, or mild illnesses. They generally have limited hours of operation and do not have the same advanced diagnostic capabilities as an emergency room. Urgent care facilities are typically staffed by physician assistants and/or nurse practitioners and not board certified physicians.
If you're ever in doubt about which to choose, Swift Star Emergency can provide the highest level of care for urgent, emergent and critical situations in a caring, comfortable, and concierge type setting that you would not expect to see in most hospital emergency rooms.
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