When you are sick or hurt and it is not an emergency, walk in — urgent care for illness and injury is what both Broward clinics do. They treat the everyday illnesses and minor injuries listed here seven days a week, with X-ray, lab testing and EKG on site — so the visit that diagnoses the problem is usually the visit that treats it.
Urgent care for common illness: fever, colds and cough
Fever, a cold that is not improving, a cough that lingers or produces discolored sputum, body aches and fatigue are evaluated with an exam and, when indicated, rapid testing and a chest X-ray. Testing for flu, COVID-19, RSV and strep is done on site; sinus infections and bronchitis and ear infections have their own pages.
Pink eye and eye irritation
Red, itchy, watery or crusted eyes — conjunctivitis, styes and minor irritation — are examined and treated here, including prescription drops when the cause is bacterial. Sudden vision loss, severe eye pain, a chemical splash or an object embedded in the eye go to the emergency room or an ophthalmologist.
Urgent care for minor burn injury
First-degree and small second-degree burns from cooking, hot liquids, sun or friction are cleaned, dressed and checked for infection, and follow-up dressing changes are handled as wound care. Burns that are larger than your palm, involve the face, hands, feet, genitals or a joint, or are white, leathery or painless need the emergency room.
Headache and migraine
A migraine that is not responding to your usual medication, or a headache with congestion, fever or a recent illness, is evaluated and treated here. A sudden, worst-ever headache, a headache with weakness, confusion, a stiff neck or after a head injury is an emergency.
Urgent care for concussion and head injury
After a fall, a collision or a sports hit, a provider evaluates for concussion, documents the findings and gives written return-to-school, return-to-work or return-to-play guidance. Loss of consciousness, repeated vomiting, worsening headache, confusion or a seizure after a head injury means the emergency room, not urgent care.
Stomach pain, nausea, vomiting and diarrhea
Stomach flu, food poisoning and other short-lived digestive illness are evaluated with an exam and, when needed, lab testing on site; IV fluids are available when vomiting or diarrhea has led to dehydration. Severe or localized abdominal pain, blood in vomit or stool, or pain with a fever needs emergency evaluation.
Urgent care for back, neck and joint injury and pain
Muscle strains, back pain after lifting, and painful knees, shoulders and hips are examined, X-rayed when indicated, and treated with medication, bracing and activity guidance. An injury with an obvious deformity or a suspected break is handled as sprains and fractures; back pain with numbness in the legs, weakness, or loss of bladder or bowel control is an emergency.
Injections given at the visit
Some problems are treated faster with an injection given on site than with a prescription to fill afterwards. The provider chooses the medication at the visit:
- Ketorolac (Toradol) — a non-opioid anti-inflammatory injection for acute back, joint and muscle pain, migraine and kidney-stone pain.
- Ceftriaxone (Rocephin) — an antibiotic injection that starts treatment immediately when that matters, or when oral antibiotics are not tolerated: strep throat, ear infections, sinus infections, skin infections and certain sexually transmitted infections.
- Triamcinolone — a corticosteroid injection for severe allergic reactions, poison ivy and hives, and for asthma or bronchitis flares.
- Vitamin B12 — for documented deficiency, including when it is found in the weight-loss program.
- Others as the visit requires — anti-nausea, antihistamine and other injectable medications the provider selects.
Joint (cortisone) and trigger point injections for a painful joint or a muscle knot have their own page: joint and trigger point injections. Injuries seen under workers’ compensation or a car accident PIP claim receive the same injections at the visit, with medications dispensed on site and billed to the claim.
Other conditions with their own page
- Urinary tract infections · Rashes, hives and allergic reactions · Abscesses and skin infections
- Cuts that need stitches · Sprains and fractures · Asthma and breathing treatments
- Urgent care for children — children from age 3 and teens are seen at both clinics.
Where can I take my child for cough symptoms in Plantation?
To UrgentMed Plantation, 10199 Cleary Boulevard, Suite 10 — or UrgentMed Davie, 5149 S University Drive — as a walk-in, seven days a week. A child with a cough is examined and, when the picture calls for it, tested for flu, COVID-19, RSV or strep. A breathing treatment is given if there is wheeze, and an X-ray is taken here if the provider suspects pneumonia. See the pediatric urgent care page for what else the clinics see in children and when a cough is an emergency.
When to go to the emergency room instead
- Chest pain, difficulty breathing, or signs of a stroke (face drooping, arm weakness, slurred speech).
- Severe bleeding, a major injury, or a head injury with loss of consciousness or confusion.
- A severe allergic reaction with swelling of the face or throat, or difficulty swallowing.
Walk in at either Broward clinic
Both clinics are open seven days a week — Davie on S University Drive and Plantation on Cleary Boulevard. Both serve Davie, Plantation, Cooper City, Weston, Sunrise, Southwest Ranches and the surrounding Broward County communities.
Insurance and self-pay
We accept most major insurance plans, workers’ compensation and auto (PIP) claims, and offer self-pay pricing quoted at the front desk before you are seen. Bring a photo ID and your insurance card.
Sources: CDC — Influenza (flu) · MedlinePlus — Wounds and injuries