Pediatric Urgent Care Services in Coral Springs, FL
Pediatric urgent care clinics are there to treat minor and acute conditions in children. We are a local walk-in and urgent care clinic in Coral Springs. No appointment is needed when urgent situations arise. Contact us for more information. We are located at 10308 W Sample Rd, Coral Springs, FL 33065.
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What questions do pediatrics ask?
What conditions can a pediatric urgent care treat?
What pediatric services are offered at your clinic?
Pediatric urgent care clinics are often open in the evenings and open on weekends. They complement your regular pediatrician with urgent care services when they aren’t available.
Pediatric urgent care helps prevent trips to the ER, which can be time-consuming and expensive. Most children who are taken to the ER aren’t seen by pediatric specialists. Most of the time, the health concerns that children have can easily be treated at a pediatric urgent care better than at an ER.
Since most people, and especially children don’t get sick or become injured during office hours, a pediatric urgent care can be a real blessing. They understand the health needs of children better than an ER or other types of urgent care clinics.
Pediatricians have started to ask parents questions about how their children are doing. This is to get a better understanding of good growth in children.
They will ask questions like:
• What happens at mealtimes?
• Have you seen your child doing anything new?
• What toy does your child play with most often? How do they use it?
• What books are you reading to your child?
• Is it difficult to feed your child?
• As a parent, how are you sleeping?
When the pediatrician asks you how you are sleeping and you say “Okay” that is a sign that your child is keeping well. This also indicates that the parent’s health and well-being is in a good place. This also conveys that there are no underlying conditions or problems that could affect the child’s development or personality.
If the parent responds that their child cries and this is irritating them, the doctor can then ask how or why the crying is such a problem. It can lead to finding out if there are feeding problems or other conditions that need to be looked into.
Families have expressed that they like this kind of approach from their pediatricians. It feels more holistic to understand a child’s health in relation to the effect it has on the parents.
It can be helpful to know when your child needs to get care at an urgent care clinic, when they can wait till their normal pediatrician is available, or when they need to go to the emergency room. Urgent care works for many conditions, but when the situation is life-threatening or life-changing, then a trip to the ER is required.
Pediatric urgent care will be the best option when your child’s illness or injury is not life-threatening and happens when your normal doctor isn’t available.
Here is a partial list of the most commonly treated conditions that are treated at a pediatric urgent care:
• Allergies and asthma
• Vomiting, diarrhea, and dehydration
• Minor accidents and falls
• Cold or flu symptoms
• Sinus infection (sinusitis)
• Earaches and ear infections
• Broken bones
• Cuts or burns
• Bronchitis
• Pain relief
• Sports injuries
• Sore throat and strep throat
• And much more!
Walking Urgent Care provides urgent care services for children and adults. We have a wide range of services that include school and sports physicals, comprehensive physicals, and vaccinations. We have lab facilities on site to test for a range of infections and illnesses so we can diagnose and treat them fast and effectively. We are able to do X-rays to treat broken bones and other problems as quickly as possible.
We are open until 9 PM on weekdays, till 6 Pm on Saturdays, and 4 PM on Sundays. We serve patients from Coral Springs FL, North Lauderdale FL, Parkland FL, Tamarac FL, Margate FL, and Coconut Creek FL.