Visit with a doctor in-person or online

If it's not an emergency and your doctor's office is open, that's the right place to start. Go online to schedule or call to ask about same-day, next-day, walk-in or online visits. Primary care doctors and pediatricians start with a conversation to deliver the right care for minor illnesses and injuries. And if you need more advanced care, they will connect you with specialists and other services close to home, and part of our network of Ascension sites of care. Talk with your doctor about:

• Seasonal allergies
• Sinus or upper respiratory infections
• Sore throat, strep or a cough
• Urinary tract infections

• Cold or flu symptoms
• Ear and eye infections
• Fever
• Rash

Urgent and express care

When it's less of an emergency, but you still need care right away, the right place to go is an urgent or express care clinic if your doctor's office is closed. Doctors and care teams at our urgent and express care clinics deliver the right care for children and adults with minor injuries and illnesses. Walk in or check in online. If you need more advanced care, the doctor and care team you see will connect you with a specialist and other care services. Consider a visit to an urgent or express care clinic for: 

• Allergic reaction (moderate)
• Bites
• Burns (moderate)
• Cold-like symptoms
• Cuts that may require stitches
• Mild asthma

• Sudden back pain (moderate)
• Minor headaches, minor head injuries
• Nausea or diarrhea
• Mild skin infections or abscesses
• Sprains and strains

• Severe shortness of breath
• Major trauma
• Sudden or unexplained loss of consciousness
• Pregnant and having labor pains
• Sudden neurologic changes like weakness, difficulty speaking, numbness, difficulty walking, or loss of consciousness
• Severe skin infections or complicated abscesses

• Severe allergic reaction
• Sudden abdominal pain (moderate to severe)
• Severe burns
• Sudden back pain (severe)
• Coughing up or vomiting blood
• Chest pain