Next Stop...St. Michael’s!Is it a MEDICAL EMERGENCY?

Next Stop…St. Michael’s!Is it a MEDICAL EMERGENCY?

Making a Life or Death Decision

When a medical emergency happens, local families overwhelmingly choose St. Michael’s Emergency Rooms. But with healthcare options popping up on every corner, how do you decide whether to seek emergency care or to go to an urgent care facility? Understanding the difference between your choices can truly save your life!

An urgent care center serves as an after-hours substitute for your doctor’s office, not as an alternative to emergency care. If you go to an urgent care clinic, the only staff may be a nurse practitioner, untrained in triaging critical trauma patients. If you have a life-threatening emergency, you could end up being re-directed to EMS or 911…and more time will be lost. The wait at an urgent care can be quite long, depending on how many other patients have arrived. If you need labs, x-rays, or diagnostic tests, you may have to wait for hours or visit a different facility. If you’re having a stroke or a heart attack, if your child is suffering from meningitis, a concussion, or a mysteriously high fever, you need St. Michael’s Emergency Rooms…where seconds count and your family comes first!

Did you know? Your insurance benefits may change year by year…and your insurance company may hide those changes in the fine print. Usually, there are different levels of co-pays required for a visit to a doctor’s office, an urgent care, or an emergency room. However, only YOU determine whether your symptoms constitute an emergency and only YOU choose where to go. According to Texas law, if you THINK your symptoms will cause harm without treatment…that IS an emergency. And your insurance MUST pay in-network benefits at the ER of YOUR CHOICE whether the emergency room you choose is “in-network” or “out-of-network.” Dr. Orsak says, “St. Michael’s is one of the few licensed, free-standing ER facilities with Joint Commission Accreditation, ACR certified radiology suites, and CLIA certified labs. We are in-network with AETNA and also accept more than 200 insurance plans, including Cigna, Blue Cross, United, and Humana. Twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, fifty-two weeks a year, St. Michael’s Emergency Room is always ready to help your family with the highest standard of care!”

If you are ever in doubt, the safest choice is always an emergency room. Dr. Shannon Orsak, Co-founder of St. Michael’s Emergency Rooms, says, “Emergency rooms are equipped to provide fast, across-the-board, life-saving care. As Sugar Land’s first free-standing ER, St. Michael’s has nine exam rooms (including specially designated pediatric rooms) an on-site X-ray, Ultrasound and CT, an on-site diagnostic lab and a team of ER-trained doctors, nurses and technicians available around the clock and capable of handling any emergency for patients of all ages. We designed every aspect of St. Michael’s to offer the very best care…without the wait so common at hospital-based ERs!”

St. Michael’s Em
ergency Rooms
16062 SW Freeway (at Hwy 6)
Sugar Land, TX 77479
281-980-HELP
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9000 Westheimer
Houston, TX 77063
713-343-0911
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26226 I 45 N.
Spring, TX 77386
281-419-2911
www.StMichaelsER.com

At this time St Michael’s, due to governmental bureaucratic decisions, is unable to participate in Medicare, Medicaid, or Tricare.

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