Urgent Health and Wellness
As hospitals across the state and country combat long wait times and overcrowding, it's important to understand when residents should visit an emergency room, an urgent care center, and when to call 9-1-1. Emergency rooms are available 24-hrs a day and are qualified to respond to life-threatening medical emergencies. Urgent care centers can help with non-life-threatening medical problems. Residents are always encouraged to call 9-1-1 if you are experiencing a medical emergency. We will continue our efforts to ensure all our residents are thriving and healthy.
When to go to an Emergency Room
Emergency Rooms (Emergency Departments) are available 24 hours a day, every day of the year and have special equipment and highly skilled and qualified to respond to life-threatening medical emergencies.
Go to the emergency department if you experience the following:
- Trouble breathing
- Facial drooping or weakness in an arm or leg
- Chest pain
- Bleeding that lasts longer than 10 minutes
- Seizures
- Head trauma
- Sudden acute headache/dizziness
- Major broken bones
- Coughing or vomiting blood
- Sudden confusion, disorientation
- Severe abdominal pain
- Swallowed a foreign object
When to go to the Urgent Care
Urgent care centers are same-day walk in clinics that can handle non-life-threatening medical problems and are a good option for when you are not injured or not feeling well, but it’s not serious enough for the emergency room. No appointment is necessary. Many Urgent Cares also provide primary care, sports physicals, and vaccines.
Urgent Cares centers can address the most minor of ailments, such as:
- Cough, congestion, without severe difficulty breathing
- Mild flu-like symptoms
- Sneezing or running nose
- Sore throat
- Muscle or body aches
- Headache
- Mild upset stomach, nausea, vomiting, and/or diarrhea
- Rashes without fever
- Sprains, Strains, minor bone fractures
- Minor Cuts
- Earache/Ear Pain
- Painful urination
- Pink eye, eye redness, discharge, or itchiness
When to Call 911
Always call 911 if you think you may be experiencing a medical emergency, some examples include:
- Shortness of breath or difficulty breathing
- Severe bleeding
- Any symptoms of a heart attack, including chest pressure/pain, pain in the left arm or the jaw, sudden weakness, or dizziness
- Signs of a stroke, such as slurred speech, severe headache, weakness, or numbness on one side of the face or body, or loss of consciousness
- Life-or-limb-threatening injury
Allcare Of Maryland
-ELLICOTT CITY
9396 Baltimore National Pike, Ellicott City, MD 21042
410-480-9110 | www.allcarefamilymed.com/locations/ellicott-city/
Hours: Mon - Fri: 8 AM - 8 PM; Sat - Sun: 9 AM - 2 PM
-COLUMBIA
8205 Snowden River Parkway, Columbia, MD 21045
410-290-9990 | www.allcarefamilymed.com/locations/columbia/
Hours: Mon – Fri: 8 AM – 8 PM; Sat – Sun: 9 AM - 2 PM
-FULTON
8175 Westside Boulevard., Fulton, MD 20759
240-580-2650 | www.allcarefamilymed.com/locations/maple-lawn/
Hours: Mon – Fri: 8 AM – 8 PM; Sat – Sun: 9 AM - 2 PM
Behavioral Health Urgent Care
Sheppard Pratt Psychiatric Urgent Care
7220 Discovery Drive Elkridge, MD 21075
410-938-5302
Hours: : Mon–Sun 10AM - 9PM
Concentra
-COLUMBIA
6656 Dobbin Road, Columbia, MD 21045
410-381-1330 | www.concentra.com
Hours: Mon–Fri: 8AM–5 PM
-ELKRIDGE (Jessup)
7377 Washington Blvd Suite 101, Elkridge, MD 21075
410-379-3051 | www.concentra.com
Hours: Mon–Fri: 8AM–5PM
CVS Minute Clinic
-ELLICOTT CITY
3300A Centennial Lane, Ellicott City, MD 21042
866-389-2727 | www.cvs.com/minuteclinic/clinic-locator/md/ellicottcity/2043.html
Hours: Mon–Thu: 8:30 AM–2PM and 3PM to 5PM
-ELKRIDGE
6480 Old Waterloo Road, Elkridge, MD 21075
866-389-2727 | www.cvs.com/minuteclinic/clinic-locator/md/elkridge/1909.html
Hours: Mon–Fri: 8:30AM–2PM and 3 PM- 7:30 PM;
Saturday: 9AM–1PM and 1:30-5:30PM
-FULTON
8197 Westside Blvd., Fulton, MD 20759
866-389-2727 | https://www.cvs.com/minuteclinic/clinic-locator/md/fulton/7139.html
Hours: Mon–Fri: 8:30AM–2PM and 3PM -7:30PM;
Sat-Sun: 9AM–2PM;
Dental Urgent Care
Howard County Family Dentistry 2465 Route 97 Suite 12 Glenwood, MD 21738
410-489-7565
Elite Urgent Care
6100 Dobbin Road, Columbia, MD 21045
443-313-7531 | www.eliteurgentcaremd.com/
Hours: Mon–Thu: 8AM–6PM;
Friday: 8 AM–1PM;
Saturday: 9 AM–2PM
Expresscare Urgent Care
4900 Beaver Run Ct, Ellicott City, MD 21043
443-542-9630 | www.whywaitintheer.com/location/ellicott-city/
Hours: Mon–Sun: 9AM–9PM
FirstCall Medical Center
-CLARKSVILLE
6339 Ten Oaks Road, Suite 100, Clarksville, MD 21029
410-694-7999 | www.firstcallmedicalcenter.com
Hours: Mon–Fri 8AM–8PM;
Sat & Sun 8AM–5PM
-COLUMBIA (Centennial Medical Group)
6250 Old Dobbin Lane, Columbia mD 21045
410-694-7999 | www.firstcallmedicalcenter.com
Hours: Mon–Fri 8AM–8PM
Sat & Sun 8AM–5PM
-ELLICOTT CITY
10120 Baltimore National Pike, Ellicott City, MD 21042
410-694-7999 | www.firstcallmedicalcenter.com
Hours: Mon–Fri 8AM–8PM
-LAUREL (Maple Lawn)
10981 Johns Hopkins Road, Laurel, MD 20723
410-694-7999 | www.firstcallmedicalcenter.com
Hours: Mon–Fri: 8AM–8PM
Medstar Health: Urgent Care
6334 Cedar Lane, Columbia, MD 21044
855-910-3278 | www.medstarhealth.org/locations/urgent-care-columbia?utm_campaign=mhs_c…
Hours: Mon–Sun: 8AM–8PM
Orthopedic Urgent Care
10285 Little Patuxent Parkway Suite 400 Columbia, MD 21044
443-524-2577
Mon–Fri 4PM - 7:30PM
SAT 9AM - 12:30PM
Ouch Urgent Care
6020 Meadowridge Center Drive, Suite F,
Elkridge, MD 21075
443-776-3031 | www.ouchmd.com
Hours: Mon–Sun 8:30AM–5:30PM;
Patient First Columbia
5900 Cedar Lane, Columbia, MD 21044-3635
443-718-4067 | www.patientfirst.com
Hours: Mon–Sun: 8AM–8PM;
Premier Health Express Urgent Care
9710 Patuxent Woods Drive, Suite 200,
Columbia, MD 21046
443-836-5376 | www.premierhealthexpress.com/
Hours: Mon–Fri: 9AM–5 PM
PM Pediatrics
6630 Marie Curie Drive, Elkridge, MD 21075
571-370-5437 | www.pmpediatriccare.com/location/columbia/
Hours: Mon–Sun: 9AM–11PM
Suicide & Crisis Lifeline
Dial or text 988 or chat HERE access 24/7 support for mental health, suicide, and substance use problems.
UM Urgent Care
5890 Waterloo Road, Columbia, MD 21045
667-214-2100 | www.umfpi.org
Hours: Mon–Fri: 8AM–8PM;
Sat & Sun: 8AM–6 PM;
UMG Urgent Care
10715 Little Patuxent Parkway Columbia, MD 21044
443-781-5369 | www.umgurgentcare.com
Hours: Mon–Sun: 9AM–9PM
Veterans Crisis Line
Dial 988 then press option 1 or Text 838255 or CHAT ONLINE
Walk-in Crisis Assistance
Grassroots Crisis Center | 24/7
8990 Old Annapolis Road Suite A, Columbia, MD 21045
410-531-6677
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