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AFC Urgent Care Riverview, FL offers quality affordable and convenient urgent care when you need it. Call our office today or walk-in today to experience the care you deserve for your urgent care needs.
Is Urgent Care Faster Than ER?
If you are not experiencing emergency medical needs or need life or limb threatening medical attention, urgent cares are the option to go with for your medical treatment. Emergency rooms are available for anyone who may need life-threatening or limb-threatening medical attention, as well the emergency room takes patients who need these emergency treatments first which can cause long wait-times in the waiting rooms at the hospitals.
AFC Urgent Care is able to provide many of the same medical services as your family or primary care doctors office, but they offer the ability of extended hours and additional services like digital x-rays, lab tests, physicals and testing for UTI’s or STD’s that you would normally have to go to another clinic to receive.
What Is The Difference Between Urgent Care And Emergency Care?
The main difference between urgent care and emergency care is, the emergency departments are available to the public and meant to address the most serious of life-threatening and limb-threatening health issues. While urgent cares are open to the public and available to address urgent related, same-day issues that are not life-threatening. The main difference between urgent care and emergency care is, the emergency departments are available to the public and meant to address the most serious of life-threatening and limb-threatening health issues. While urgent cares are open to the public and available to address urgent related, same-day issues that are not medical emergencies.
AFC Urgent Care offers the ability for a one-stop-shop for your medical care needs including:
- Illness
- COVID-19 Testing
- Allergies
- Asthma
- Kidney Infection
- Staph Infections etc.
- Injury
- Broken bones
- Digital X-rays
- Strains, Sprains and Fractures
- Lacerations
- Burns
- Animal Bites etc.
- Prevention
- STD Testing
- Lab Work
- Drug Testing
- DOT Physicals
- Digital X-rays
- School and Sport Physicals
Is It Better To Go To Urgent Care Or ER?
An accident or immediate need for medical attention can interrupt your day without any warning. Thanks to urgent cares expanding, they are able to help out emergency rooms by taking on non-emergency patients into their clinics to help with their medical needs. Many reasons you can visit the emergency is if you have a life-threatening or limb-threatening emergency which may include:
- Heart attack
- Stroke
- Severe trauma or head injury
- Severe bleeding or bleeding that will not stop
- Loss of consciousness
However urgent cares are available for non-emergency medical services and treatment for things like:
- Animal bites
- Broken Bones
- Cough, Flu or Cold symptoms
- Cuts that may require stitches
- Earaches or Sinus Pain
- Minor burns or rashes
- Minor headaches or breathing problems (like asthma)
- School or Sport injuries
- UTI Infections or STD Testing
- Vomiting, diarrhea or stomach and belly pain
Not only that, but our AFC Urgent Care Riverside location also offer great amenities like Digital X-rays, Laboratory Services and much more!
What Are Some Benefits Of Going To An Urgent Care Instead Of An ER?
Urgent cares offer quick walk-in, affordable care, and access to a multitude of other medical services for non-emergency help. A few of the major benefits urgent cares offer are:
- Better available hours than your primary or family doctor
- Urgent cares save you money
- Offer convenient, fast and efficient service for your urgent care needs
- Urgent cares have the ability to treat serious problems that are not life or limb threatening
If you or someone you know is looking for urgent medical attention, visit AFC Urgent Care in Riverview. We are available with extended hours from Monday to Friday 8:00 AM to 8:00 PM and Saturday to Sunday 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM. We serve patients from Riverview FL, Bloomingdale FL, Adamsville FL, Valrico FL, East Tampa FL, Gibsonton FL, and Brandon FL.
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AFC Urgent Care FAQs
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When should I choose urgent care?
If you’re dealing with a pressing, non-life-threatening medical issue and don’t want to see a doctor, urgent care could be for you. AFC walk-in clinics are able to see patients dealing with allergic reactions, broken bones, colds and flus, and much more.
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Do I need insurance to visit AFC?
At AFC we offer very competitive rates for self-pay urgent care and walk-in clinic services. We understand that not everyone may have an insurance plan and we make sure that our out-of-pocket patients are given the same high-quality medical treatment that we give to all our patients.
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How long will my visit take?
The main advantage of choosing AFC is our short wait times – often under 15 minutes. The total length of your visit will depend on what you’re being seen for, but many patients can be in and out of our clinics in around 30 minutes.
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