While some wounds you can treat at home, urgent care can prevent further risks like bleeding and infection, and jumpstart the healing process.
If something unclean like wood, a kitchen knife, nail, yard tool, or asphalt caused your wound, you should seek urgent care. Your provider can safely remove any harmful foreign objects in your wound like splinters or gravel.
Your provider may encourage getting a tetanus shot if you’re unsure when you had one last.
A+ Urgent Care’s swift and expert wound care helps you avoid costly emergency room visits and long wait times. The team can treat:
- Cuts and scrapes
- Lacerations
- Minor burns
- Punctured skin
- Pressure sores
- Surgical wounds
- Foot ulcers due to diabetes
- Radiation sores
Certain wounds that need emergency room or hospital care include:
- Serious burns
- Head or eye injuries
- Deep cuts requiring extensive stitches or staples
- Severe facial lacerations
If your wound isn’t healing properly or promptly, you may have an underlying condition, such as:
- Diabetes
- Arteries, vein, or nerve damage
- Bone infection
- Being overly inactive
- Weak immune system
- Poor nutrition
- Excess alcohol use or smoking
If your condition needs more specialized care, your provider can refer you to an outside physician.
