Wound Care Treatment in Phoenixville, PA

Anyone in your family can come see us here at AFC Urgent Care Phoenixville for wound care. Even if you have a family member with diabetes who needs minor wound care, we can help. And as an urgent care clinic, we can see you without the need for an appointment, so you can come see us today if you need a wound care treatment in Phoenixville, PA.

Does Urgent Care Treat Wounds?

Yes, urgent care can treat wounds, but only minor ones. Minor means non-life-threatening. For life-threatening wounds, it's necessary to go to the ER (emergency room). For instance, if a patient has an avulsion, that's a life-threatening wound that requires the ER. For a wound like an abrasion, though, you can come to urgent care instead. Here's a list that should help you understand when to go to the ER or urgent care for a wound:

• For abrasions - These are minor scrapes, like road rash; urgent care can handle common abrasions
• For lacerations - These are deeper cuts or minor skin tears, like a cut from a pair of scissors; urgent care can handle lacerations that are bleeding controllably, but the ER is necessary for lacerations that are bleeding uncontrollably
• For punctures - These are small holes made in the skin by something like a nail; urgent care can handle these so long as an organ isn't damaged, but if an organ is damaged, the ER is necessary
• For avulsions - With these wounds, the skin and tissue is partially torn away due to an injury from something like a car accident; only the ER can handle these wounds

You might be thinking you could go to the ER for all wounds, but if you go there for a minor wound, you'll have to wait for service. For these minor wounds, it's better to go to urgent care. Please keep in mind, however, that the ER is necessary for life-threatening wounds, like avulsions, as only the ER is properly equipped to handle them.

What Does A Wound Care Clinic Do?

As an urgent care/wound care clinic, AFC Urgent Care Phoenixville offers treatments for minor wounds. We can provide bandages for scrapes, stitches for cuts, tetanus shots and treatments for punctures, and more. We're also able to provide pain relief medication if you need it. An appointment isn't necessary for wound care.

In addition to all that, our clinic can handle diabetic wounds so long as they're minor and not infected. However, it's important to be careful with diabetic wounds, as they may seem minor but actually be life-threatening. Diabetic wounds should be examined closely so the diabetic person can make a careful decision about whether to go to the ER or urgent care. Generally, as long as the wound is bleeding controllably and non-infected, as long as there's no organ damage, and as long as the wound isn't life-threatening in any other way, urgent care can handle it.

We hope to hear from or see you soon here at AFC Urgent Care Phoenixville!