Where to go for treatment
Not sure where to go when your child is sick or injured?
For minor injury and illness, your first choice should be your child’s primary care provider. If you’re an Akron Children’s Pediatrics patient, same-day visits are available in our offices. We also have e-visits and virtual visits through MyChart.
Click the links below for details on other care options that are available to any child or teen, not just Akron Children’s patients.
Quick Care Online visits are available via mobile device or computer for common issues including:
- Allergies
- Cold and cough symptoms
- Diarrhea
- Insect bite
- Pink eye
- Rash
- Sore throat
- Stuffy nose
- Vomiting
Note: Earaches and ear pain cannot be treated via Quick Care Online. Choose an in-person care option instead.
Quick Care is for basic care when your child’s provider isn’t available.
- Allergies
- Burns/sunburn – minor
- Cold
- Cough/congestion/upper respiratory infection
- Cuts – small, minor
- Diarrhea or vomiting
- Ear infections/earaches
- Eye redness/drainage/itching
- Fever – child 3 months or older
- Flu
- Headache – no nausea, vomiting or vision changes
- Insect bites/stings or minor dog bite
- Nausea
- Pain upon urination
- Physicals – sports or work
- Rashes/skin infections
- Sore throat
- Stomach pain – minor
- Urinary tract infection – in potty-trained child, fever less than 103 degrees
Urgent Care is for injuries and illnesses that aren’t life-threatening. Stitches are not available at Urgent Care, so please go to the ER if your child has a deep or long cut.
- Allergic reaction – rash
- Allergies
- Asthma attack – minor
- Broken bone – skin intact, fear of break
- Burn – minor/sunburn
- Colds, cough or congestion
- Cuts – small ones that can be treated with surgical glue. Go to the ER for deep/wide cuts that need stitches.
- Diarrhea or vomiting
- Dizziness
- Earache/ear infection
- Eye redness/drainage/itching
- Fever – child 3 months or older
- Flu
- Headache – no nausea, vomiting or vision changes
- Head injury – child remains conscious
- Insect bite/sting or minor dog bite
- Nausea
- Pain upon urination
- Physicals – summer/fall, sports only
- Rash
- Sore throat
- Splinter or tick removal
- Sprain or strain
- Stomach pain – minor
- Urinary tract infection
Go to the nearest ER if your child has a serious, potentially life-threatening situation.
- Allergic reaction – trouble breathing or swallowing, facial swelling
- Asthma attack – major
- Bleeding that won’t stop
- Boils – large
- Broken bone – obvious break
- Burn – major
- Cast problems – wet or soiled
- Cuts – deep, long cuts that continue to bleed and likely need stitches
- Dehydration
- Fever – child under 3 months
- Head injury – severe
- Migraine headache
- Pneumonia
- Poisoning or swallowed object
- Rash with purple spots or bruising
- Seizure, shock or fainting
- Stomach pain – severe
- Trouble breathing or swallowing
Akron Children‘s Anywhere Mobile App
Managing your child‘s health, made easier
Akron Children‘s Anywhere Mobile App
Managing your child‘s health, made easier
Akron Children‘s Anywhere is designed to be your “go-to app” for managing your child‘s health. It provides tools for finding a primary care doctor or specialist, finding locations and directions, and making everyday health decisions as well as giving you quick, secure access to MyChart and other tools. And when your child needs care, the renowned experts at Akron Children‘s are just one tap away.
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