When you or someone in your family needs treatment, making the right decision as to where to go will save you valuable time and less frustration. Urgent Care and Emergency Care are set up to care for your needs differently. Here are examples of where to go for various symptoms and treatments.
Urgent Care vs Emergency Care
Urgent Care
Urgent Care Clinic is available in the evening and on weekends by our advanced practice providers who offer quick access to unexpected injuries and illnesses without an appointment. Many situations are not emergencies, yet still, require urgent medical attention. Contact your insurance provider for questions of coverage.
For parking, use the hospital main entrance.
- Monday – Thursday: 5 PM to 7:30 PM
- Fridays Closed
- Saturday – Sunday: 8 AM to 12 PM
- Closed on all holidays
When should you seek Urgent Care?
- Minor infections: sore throat, earache, sinus symptoms, cough, eye
- Urinary tract infections
- Minor allergic reactions
- Minor skin infections and rashes
- Minor burns
- Minor human or insect bites
- Minor lacerations, contusions, abrasions
- Flu symptoms
- Headache with a history of migraines
- Minor trauma, sprains, simple fractures
- Pains: back, stomach, shoulder
- Breathing difficulty, asthma, croup
Emergency Care
Emergency care is available 24/7 by our physicians for patients with a medical emergency. If you have a medical emergency, do not go to the Urgent Care Clinic. Contact your insurance provider for questions of coverage.
For parking, use the Emergency Center main entrance along the B-40 highway.
When should you seek Emergency Care?
- Chest pain or any symptoms of a heart attack, including severe chest pain, sweating and shortness of breath. Heart attack symptoms can vary from one person to the next.
- Symptoms of a stroke including sudden dizziness, weakness, loss of coordination, balance or vision problems.
- Abdominal pain (sudden or severe)
- Loss of consciousness (with or without head injury)
- Head pain (sudden or severe)
- Head injuries
- Choking
- Poisoning
- Open fractures
- Severe lacerations (cuts)
- Injuries as a result of a car accident
- Fever in the elderly or infants 12 months
- Sudden severe pain
- Animal bites
- Pregnancy complications
- Broken bone or dislocated finger
- Severe headache with no migraine history
Contact Information
Urgent Care: | (712) 722-1271 |
Urgent Care Providers
Sarah Cam, ARNP
Specialty: Family Medicine
Leslee Graff, PA-C
Specialty: Family Medicine
Anne Hooyer, ARNP
Specialty: Family Medicine
Brett Hutton, ARNP
Specialty: Family Practice
Morgan Meissner, PA-C
Specialty: Family Medicine
Claire Rozeboom, PA-C
Specialty: Family Medicine
Bethany Scholten, ARNP
Specialty: Family Medicine
Valerie Van Zandbergen, ARNP
Specialty: Family Medicine
Abby Van Zee, ARNP
Specialty: Family Medicine