Our primary care practices serve as your regular, trusted provider. You may visit primary care for:

• Annual Exams and Screenings
• Chronic disease
• Common colds or viruses
• Non-urgent healthcare needs

Our urgent care locations, in partnership with Urgent Care of Mountain View, offer quick and effective care for minor injuries or illnesses that need urgent attention. You may visit urgent care for:

• Minor cuts, burns or wounds
• Minor injuries or infections
• Severe cold and flu symptoms
• Persistent fever
• Allergic reactions
• Severe earaches
• Upset stomach
• Other non-life-threatening but urgent needs

Our emergency room at Catawba Valley Medical Center should be reserved for situations that could result in loss of life or limb if need treated immediately. You should seek emergency care for:

• Cardiac related symptoms such as chest pain
• Severe shortness of breath
• Warning signs of stroke such as numbness in the face, arms and legs.
• Severe bleeding or bleeding that does not stop
• Automobile or other accidents
• Poisoning
• Broken or fractured bones
• Major illness
• Head injuries
• Suicide attempts or thoughts