When to Use Urgent Care
Some health conditions will require you to go directly to a hospital Emergency Room, while others can be treated at Urgent Care. Use the list below as general guidelines.
If you are unsure, talk to a Dean on Call nurse at (800) 576-8773 or (608) 250-1393. Dean on Call is available at any time, day or night.
Urgent Care Treatment
- Asthma - mild to moderate
- Back pain
- Burns - moderate / second degree
- Coughing, severe sore throat
- Cuts, scrapes, bruises
- Ear pain
- Eye irritation
- Fever
- Migraine headache
- Skin rashes
- Small bone fractures (toe, foot, finger)
- Sore throat
- Sprains
- Urinary burning
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Emergency Room (ER) Treatment
- Amputations or severe lacerations
- Breathing obstruction
- Burns - severe / third-degree
- Drug overdose
- Facial or eye trauma
- Knife or gunshot wound
- Large or compound bone fractures
- Loss of consciousness
- Poisoning
- Pregnancy - severe abdominal pain
- Seizures / convulsions
- Shortness of breath / chest pain
- Suicide attempt
- Suspected heart attack or stroke
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