St. Francis - Emergency Services and Urgent Care

At Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare- St. Francis, we bring the highest standards of emergency care to our community. Our emergency team has a strong reputation for its quality treatment, efficiency and patient satisfaction.

NEW! St. Francis now has Urgent Care Services! Located in the Emergency Department, Urgent Care is staffed by board certified emergency physicians and physician assistants, registered nurses and emergency department technicians. Common urgent care conditions treated include:

• Sore throat, earache, sinus congestion
• Joint pain
  
• Rashes
  
• Simple cuts
  
• Small bone fracture
  
• Minor strains, sprains and burns
  
• Removal of stitches
  

Cost for Urgent Care: Urgent Care services are process under your urgent care visit insurance benefit. Uninsured patients qualify for our 45% self-pay discount and may qualify for greater discounts under our community care program.

Urgent Care Hours: Urgent Care is open 7 days a week from 7 am to 3 am including all holidays.

Accredited Chest Pain Center
Our emergency department is staffed with full time physicians who are all residency trained in emergency medicine and ABEM (American Board of Emergency Medicine) certified. A Chest Pain Accreditation by the Society of Chest Pain Centers means that we are able to reduce time to treatment during the critical early stages of a heart attack and better monitor patients to determine whether they are having a heart attack.

Our 24/7 Emergency Department Services

• Asthma management
• Early intervention for heart attacks and strokes
• Evaluation and management of acute abdominal pain
• Expertise in lacerations, crush injuries, burns, abrasions
• Management of trauma conditions: falls, motor vehicle accidents, fractures, sprains
• Treatment for acute eye conditions
• Treatment of migraines
• Treatment for infections including: pneumonia, kidney, skin, blood

Advanced Technologies
We use the most current technology for fast and effective treatment including a 64-slice CT scanner, a non-invasive tool to diagnose coronary artery disease.  The scanner is safer, more accurate and cost effective than stress testing and can eliminate the need for an invasive catheterization procedure.

Seeking Emergency Care
If any of the following life-threatening conditions are present, call 911 immediately:

• Chest pain lasting two minutes or more
• Uncontrolled bleeding
• Difficulty breathing, shortness of breath

If the situation is not life-threatening, but still requires emergency medical treatment, you may choose to transport the patient to the hospital yourself.  Some examples of emergency situations may be:

• Change in mental status (confusion, incoherence, listlessness)
• Coughing or vomiting blood
• Severe or persistent vomiting or diarrhea
• Sudden or severe pain
• Sudden dizziness, weakness or change in vision

Convenient Location and Parking
The Emergency Department is located at 3237 S. 16th St., two blocks south of Oklahoma Ave.  Surface parking is available next to the emergency entrance or park on 16th St.

To reach St. Francis’ Emergency Department, please call (414) 647-5165.