03/26/2026
Wondering if you should go to the ER or visit your local Urgent Care? Let's review a few situations to see which is the best place to go.
Did you fall on the ice? - Urgent Care π§
Did you fall on the ice and now your bone is sticking out of your leg? - ER π¦΄
Are you vomiting? - Urgent Care π€’
Are you vomiting blood? - ER π₯
Fishing hook to the lip, finger, scalp? - Urgent Care π£
Fishing hook to the eye? - ER ποΈ
Flu, strep, mono, UTI, STI? - Urgent Care π‘οΈ
Stroke, Heart Attack, or Altered Mental Status? - ER β€οΈβπ©Ή
Did you burn your hand trying to light the fire? - Urgent Care ποΈ
Did your arm catch on fire instead of the log? - ER π₯π
Did you cut yourself and need some stitches? - Urgent Care π€
Did you cut a finger off and have it in a zipper bag to get sewn back on? - ER π©Έ
Visiting your local Urgent Care instead of the ER saves you time and money and helps keep our ERs open for life-threatening emergencies.
Alaska Urgent Care and Wasilla Medical Clinic π©Ί are here to take care of you and your family seven days a week! βΊοΈ