When your child needs medical care and can't wait until your doctor's office opens, where should you go? This chart will help you know whether a visit to one of our three Urgent Care Clinics or the Emergency Department in Seattle is best. Urgent Care is not intended for emergencies, but is appropriate for minor illnesses and injuries.
Remember, if your child's illness or injury is life-threatening, call 911.
| | Urgent Care Clinics
Map and Directions
Bellevue, Mill Creek and Seattle: 206-987-2211 | Emergency Department
Map and Directions
Seattle: 206-987-2222 |
| Allergies | Urgent Care | |
| Asthma attack (minor) | Urgent Care | |
| Asthma attack (severe) | | Emergency Department |
| Bleeding that won't stop | | Emergency Department |
| Broken bone (bone sticking out of skin) | | Emergency Department |
| Bronchitis | Urgent Care | |
| Burn (severe) | | Emergency Department |
| Burn (minor) | Urgent Care | |
| Cast problems (wet or soiled) | | Emergency Department |
| Colds | Urgent Care | |
| Cough | Urgent Care | |
| Cut (severe) | | Emergency Department |
| Cut (minor) | Urgent Care | |
| Dehydration | Urgent Care | |
| Diarrhea | Urgent Care | |
| Dizziness | Urgent Care | |
| Earache and ear infection | Urgent Care | |
| Fainting | | Emergency Department |
| Fever (infants less than 2 months old) | | Emergency Department |
| Fever (children over 2 months old) | Urgent Care | |
| Headache | Urgent Care | |
| Head injury (minor and without loss of consciousness) | Urgent Care | |
| Head injury | | Emergency Department |
| Insect or minor dog bite | Urgent Care | |
| Migraine headache | | Emergency Department |
| Nausea | Urgent Care | |
| Pink eye | Urgent Care | |
| Pneumonia | | Emergency Department |
| Poisoning | | Emergency Department |
| Rash | Urgent Care | |
| Seizure | | Emergency Department |
| Shock | | Emergency Department |
| Sore throat | Urgent Care | |
| Sprain or strain | Urgent Care | |
| Stitches | Urgent Care | |
| Stomach pain (mild) | Urgent Care | |
| Stomach pain (severe) | | Emergency Department |
| Swallowed object | | Emergency Department |
| Trouble breathing | | Emergency Department |
| Urinary infection | Urgent Care | |
| | Urgent Care Clinics
Map and Directions
Bellevue, Mill Creek and Seattle: 206-987-2211 | Emergency Department
Map and Directions
Seattle: 206-987-2222 |
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