Urgent Care Center

HEALTHY LIVING Urgent Care Center provides same-day treatment

By Estes Park Health For the Trail-Gazette

Estes ParkHealth (EPH) brought true Urgent Caretothe Estes Valley in May 2020. The center is located in the new building at 420 Steamer Drive, on BigThompson Avenue(Highway 34),across from the VisitorsCenter, immediately east of the Safeway gasstation. EPH has long felt that we needed to give residents and visitors other options, during and after regular EPHoutpatient clinic hours, for those types of illnesses and injuries for which you don’t need an emergency department visit but thatstill need quick attention. After much planning, EPHwas able to finally open theUrgent CareCenter (UCC)in late May to give this service to the community.

The Urgent CareCenter provides treatment for immediate or same-day non-emergency for fevers, flu, coughs and colds, earinfection, minor brokenbones, minor cuts andburns, altitude sickness, etc. The center has X-ray and urgent-carelab services.

To differentiate it from Emergency Department (ED) Care, the ED provides medical carefor allemergent life-threatening illness and injuryincluding chest pain, signs of stroke, signs of heartattack, uncontrolled bleeding, major broken bones, difficulty breathing, shortness of breath, severe abdominal pain, etc. (Andof course, for the most urgent

Estes Park Health /Courtesy photo The 25 full and part-time staff includes front deskpatient access representatives, aradiology tech, EMTs,community paramedicsand nurse practitioners.