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Emergency department or urgent care clinic?
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Emergency department or urgent care clinic?

Summary:

We've gathered some information to help you assess whether to take your child to the emergency department or an urgent care clinic.

Your child is sick, but is it an emergency? At SickKids, two out of three children brought to our Emergency Department don’t need emergency care.

To help assess whether you should bring your child to an emergency department or an urgent care clinic, check out this helpful infographic. For more information on the listed conditions and others, please visit AboutKidsHealth.

Infographic indicating that two out of three conditions do not require an emergency department visit.
Our infographic can help you consider whether to get care at an urgent care clinic or Emergency Department

 

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