Minor Emergency Clinic in Clarkston, MI

While there isn’t anything minor about a minor emergency, it is considered a minor emergency as it can be taken care of outside of the hospital’s emergency room.
 
Minor emergencies will often benefit the individual needing help from walk-in urgent care, as these specific clinics will provide urgent medical treatments to patients who need them the most. The condition of whether it’s a minor emergency will depend on whether it isn’t life-threatening, but if left untreated, it can become a major complication.
 
A few minor emergencies that we can handle at Pine Knob Urgent Care include:
 
• Mild lacerations or mild cuts
• Injuries may include mild fractures, strains, and sprains.
• Headaches
• Minor infections
• Prolonged cold and flu-like symptoms
• GI upset. This may include nausea and vomiting.
• Mild asthma attacks
• Skin rashes and lesions

With each passing illness or injury that occurs, a decision needs to be made on whether it is a minor or major emergency, and how soon you or your loved one should receive medical treatment. While treatment at a hospital emergency room can cost you quite a bit more, especially if the same care can be applied at urgent care, it comes down to where you think you should go for the treatment depending on the severity of the situation that is unfolding and what medical provider is necessary.
 
If it is considered a life-threatening or even limb-threatening emergency, a hospital’s emergency room will be the best place for you to receive medical treatment. Dial 9-1-1 immediately if you or a loved one is experiencing the following:
 
• Choking
• Stopped breathing
• Head injury that also consists of confusion, passing out, or fainting
• Injury that has happened to the spine or neck, especially if there is any loss of feeling or you are unable to move
• Lighting stroke
• Electric shock
• Severe burn
• Extreme pressure put on the chest or noticing chest pain
• Seizure that has lasted or is lasting between 3 to 5 minutes long
 
If you are not able to get to the hospital’s emergency room on your own, or if you need help immediately, dial 9-1-1 for the following:
 
• Breathing issues
• Passing out
• Fainting
• Pain that is occurring within the arm or jaw
• Unusual to severe headaches, especially ones that come on suddenly.
• Suddenly not able to walk, move, speak or see anything
• Suddenly noticing one side of the body dropping or feeling extremely weak
• Sensation of weakness or dizziness that isn’t going away
• If you have inhaled quite a bit of smoke or poisonous fumes,
• Confusion comes on suddenly.
• Heavy bleeding
• Broken bone
• loss of movement in the body.
• Deep wound
• Severe burn
• Throwing up or coughing up blood
• Severe pain that is felt anywhere on the body and is severe
• Having a serious allergic reaction
• High fever that consists of a headache or stiff neck
• High fever that does not get better with medicine
• Throwing up consistently
• Noticing loose stools consistently
• Suicidal thoughts or tendencies
• Seizure

The main differences between emergency rooms and urgent care include:
 
• The severity of the health-related issue

Emergency rooms are equipped and ready for any life-threatening or limb-threatening emergencies. Urgent care is able to handle any other medical issue that needs medical attention.
 
• Hours and staff

Emergency rooms have 24/7 staff available, 365 days a year, with physician assistants, registered nurses, nurses in training, and doctors to assist with any emergencies that need medical attention, as well as specialists.
 
Urgent care is often open either during normal hours or late, has physician assistants, registered nurses, and doctors on staff to help, and is closed on major holidays.

• Conditions that are able to be treated

• Emergency Room

• Chest pain
• Severe chest pressure
• Fracture
• Head injury
• Pneumonia
• Seizure
• Severe Abdominal pain
• Shortness of breath
• Severe and sudden headaches, paralysis, or weakness.
• Heavy bleeding
 
• Urgent Care

• Muscle pain
• Back pain
• Bronchitis
• Minor cuts
• Diarrhea
• Earache
• Skin issues
• Joint pain
• Sprains
• Upper respiratory infections
• Urinary tract infections
• Vomiting

Yes! Any life-threatening or limb-threatening situation is a medical emergency and will need immediate medical attention at a hospital’s emergency room. We are conveniently located at 6310 Sashabaw Rd, Suite C, Clarkston, MI 48346. For more information, please contact us or simply walk in! We serve patients from Clarkston MI, Waterford Twp MI, Springfield MI, Pontiac MI, Auburn Hills MI, Oxford MI, and surrounding areas.