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Q: Should You Go to the Emergency Room or Urgent Care?
A: It's Friday evening and your son

expensive. And you may have to wait
to be treated because ERs prioritize
patients according to the severity of
their illness or injury.

hurt his ankle at soccer practice. Or
it's Saturday morning and you've got
a sore throat and high fever. What
should you do?
"Recognizing the differences between
'emergency' and 'urgent' care can
be confusing, because both terms
imply there is a medical need that
needs to be addressed quickly," says
Eugene Kim, MD, Chief Medical Officer,
St. Jude Medical Center. "However,
there are distinct differences between
them and the level of care provided."
Urgent care centers offer greater
convenience for sore throats, fevers,
flu, ear infections, sprains, and more,
often with less wait time. And unlike
the higher co-pay required to visit
an ER, the co-pay for urgent care is
typically the same as a visit to your
primary care physician.

"If your illness or injury is something you
would normally see your doctor for, then
an urgent care setting is probably more
appropriate than the ER," says Dr. Kim.
ERs are the best place for treating
severe and life-threatening conditions,
providing the widest range of services
for critical care, including diagnostic
tests and access to specialists and
procedures, which makes care more

"If you are having a medical emergency,
there is no better place than St. Jude
Medical Center's Emergency
Department, nationally-recognized
for its success in treating severe and
life-threatening conditions," Dr. Kim
explains. "But for less serious health
issues, urgent care centers are a more
convenient, less expensive choice."

St. Jude Urgent Care
2251 N. Harbor Blvd.
(714) 449-6230
Open from 9 a.m. - 9 p.m.
7 days a week

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