When to Go to the ER or Prompt Care
The guidance lists urgent signs such as chest pain lasting minutes, stroke symptoms, severe breathlessness, uncontrollable bleeding, poisoning, major injuries, and sudden confusion. It also notes common nonurgent cases like earaches, minor cuts, sprains, burns, rashes, fevers without seizures, and routine illnesses. Departments hours for Prompt Care and Logan Park Med Station are provided.
Reinventing the Emergency Room Quality and Speed in Tandem
Southern Illinois Healthcare pursues rapid quality care across Memorial Carbondale Herrin and St. Joseph Memorial Hospitals. SIH teams synchronize ED laboratory imaging and respiratory units, aiming to improve pain control education and communication while stocking supplies and simplifying patient bedside documentation. Rex Budde cites rising patient satisfaction as measures exceedances grow.
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Southern Illinois Healthcare
Memorial Hospital of Carbondale
Herrin Hospital
St. Joseph Memorial Hospital
Karri Francis
Memorial Hospital of
SIH
Rex Budde
Prompt Care and Med Station Offer Evening, Weekend Access
When doctors are unavailable, Immediate Care Centers fill the gap with physicians assistants and nurses, offering lab and imaging access. Prompt Care director Clay Travis notes these centers handle simple acute illness while ERs handle life threatening cases, highlighting cost savings and insurance acceptance with extended hours and weekend availability.
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Center For Medical Arts
Logan
Clay Travis