The Benefits of Urgent Care in Your Busy Life

Written by Dr. Lisa Golding Granado

What is urgent care, exactly? Many believe it’s the same care you’d receive in an emergency room, and in some respects it is.However, the one-on-one care a patient can receive for a non-life-threatening illness in an urgent care center rather than an emergency room can change the way you look at medicine. And imagine the time you’ll save.

Urgent Care services involve the treatment of all manner of medical illness, diseases or injuries which are not life threatening. Urgent care practices provide for the treatment of acute [or episodic] medical problems that do not require the emergency room or hospital admission. These centers are usually open seven-days-a-week and staffed by a variety of medical professionals including: physicians, nurse practitioners, registered nurses, radiology technicians and medical assistants.

Urgent Care services directly cater to the busy and demanding lifestyle of today’s families – since no appointment is necessary and they are open seven-days-a-week – the acute medical illness or injury can be quickly evaluated and managed.

Urgent care services usually include: X-rays, STAT laboratory, casting or joint immobilization, IV fluids and laceration or acute wound repair. A patient can be seen and treated and discharged back to their busy lives in a short period of time. 

If a more detailed medical problem is identified, the patient can be stabilized and then be referred to the correct specialist and / or their PCP to manage more chronic medical issues.

This is why urgent care centers offer a safe, reliable and effective bridge between the patient, the specialist and the PCP.  These centers cater and accommodate to the demanding lives of modern families.

Immediate Care Medical Walk-In of Hazlet offers all the above services and much more, at our center we also perform: DOT physicals, Sleep Apnea testing, Workers Comp & PIP cases, College & High School Sports Physicals, Senior Annual exams, Cardiovascular Testing, Dementia Screening and Allergy Testing.  We also collaborate with renowned local specialists to provide our patients with easy access to GI doctors, Podiatry services, Orthopedic and Sports Medicine consultation.

Providing such a broad range of services and specialist clinicians allows us to cater to all ages and needs in a manner which we strongly believe helps the entire community feel that every aspect of their urgent care medical needs can be met and handled by our welcoming and qualified staff.  If you have questions about our brand of Immediate Care, give us a call at 732.264.5500 or just walk-in, we are conveniently located in Airport Plaza, Hazlet.

Find us a www.immcare.com and on Facebook.