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Bookmark this: Emergency room or Urgent care?

High temperatures, vomiting, stomach aches, congestion and sometimes blood. These are some of the symptoms parents dread as they are usually followed by the question: “Where should I take my child?” To alleviate some of the stress this age-old question brings, we created a collection of wintertime blogs to help parents and caregivers determine when to take a child to the Emergency Center vs. Urgent Care. Any time your family needs to seek medical care, Texas Children's Emergency Centers and Texas Children’s Urgent Care clinics are here for you through every emergent or urgent ailment or illness.

When should I take my child to the emergency center?

Wait times in the emergency center 

Wintertime in the Texas Children’s emergency center

Help! Do I take my child to the emergency center or urgent care?

Flu symptoms? Where to go, and when


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Eunice Fafiyebi, Texas Children's Hospital