Emergency and Urgent Care

At Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare, we bring the highest standards of emergency care to our community. Each of our hospitals offers an emergency team with a strong reputation for quality treatment, efficiency and patient satisfaction.

Board Certified Emergency Physicians
Each of our emergency departments 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.

Some of our Emergency Services include:

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

Walk In Clinics
For those times when someone has non-life-threatening injuries that require non-emergent medical attention, Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare -All Saints in Racine and Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare – Franklin offer Walk-in Care. Our Walk-In Care does not schedule appointments. Patients are seen on a first come, first served basis.

For more information about our hospital emergency care and walk-in clinics:

Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare - All Saints
Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare -Elmbrook Memorial
Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare – Franklin
Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare – St. Francis
Wheaton Franciscan - St. Joseph Campus
Wheaton Franciscan -Wisconsin Heart Hospital Campus

Urgent Care
Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare – Wauwatosa, Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare - St. Francis and Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare - Brown Deer Urgent Care Centers provide “quick care” for injuries, illnesses, and other health problems that are not life threatening. Staffed by emergency physicians and staff, the Center offers a unique evaluation area that allows patients to be assessed by a nurse as soon as they arrive at the center—even before registration.