Know the best place to go
Not sure where to get care if you’re sick or injured?
Here’s a helpful guide for where to visit based on common symptoms.
Primary Care Doctor
Visit during regular office hours for:
- Checkups, ongoing care, and medicine refills
- Nausea, vomiting, diarrhea
- Minor burns and rashes
- Flu shots and other vaccines
- Shortness of breath
- Back pain
- Sprains, strains
- Cold and flu-like symptoms
- Headaches, migraines
- Sore throat
- STI, urinary tract infection
Urgent Care
Visit outside your doctor’s office hours for:
- Most conditions listed for primary care
- Broken bone with no broken skin
- Cuts needing stitches
- Allergic reaction
Online doctor visits
Use 24/7 online doctor visits for:
- Most conditions listed for primary care
- Appointments for therapy and psychiatry
Ask your doctor or therapist if an online doctor visit is available through their office.
Emergency Room or 911
Get care right away for:
- Head injury or unconscious
- Broken bone out of place
- Chest pain
- Flu shots and other vaccines
- Overdose or poisoning
- Difficulty speaking
- Weakness on one side (face or limbs)
- Shortness of breath
- Eye injury
Remember, referrals aren’t needed for emergency medical care.