Cool Springs Internal Medicine & Pediatrics, PLLC
Internal medicine, Pediatric and Adult Urgent Care & Walk-In Clinic located in Franklin, TN & Brentwood, TN
Cool Springs Internal Medicine & Pediatrics, PLLC, provides acute care services quickly and effectively around Franklin and Brentwood, Tennessee. Our team of double board-certified experts specializes in adult and child health care and offers a wide range of medical services. If you’re looking for attentive, experienced physicians, call Cool Springs Internal Medicine & Pediatrics, PLLC, or make an appointment online today.
What are Acute Care Services?
Life can change in just a second. In the emergency room, there is a golden rule: Timing is everything. A distraction or a delay can be the difference between life and death. In moments like this, you need a team of specialists who can work together to help you.
Acute care is in charge of rapid-response cases, which are sudden emergencies that put patients in life-threatening situations. While chronic care services are focused on managing long-term conditions, acute care prioritizes stabilizing, diagnosing, and treating medical situations that could get worse without the right actions at the right time.
Healthcare Functions in Acute Care
- Situations where patients face urgent surgical conditions, including life-threatening injuries, acute appendicitis, or strangulated hernias.
- Treatment of individuals with acute life- or limb-threatening medical and potentially surgical needs, such as acute myocardial infarctions or acute cerebrovascular accidents, or evaluation of patients with abdominal pain.
- Ambulatory care in a facility delivering medical care outside a hospital emergency department, usually on an unscheduled, walk-in basis. Examples include the evaluation of an injured ankle or fever in a child.
- Treatment of individuals with acute needs before delivery of definitive treatment. Examples include administering intravenous fluids to a critically injured patient before transfer to an operating room.
- Care is provided in the community until the patient arrives at a formal health-care facility capable of definitive care. Examples include the delivery of care by ambulance personnel or the evaluation of acute health problems by local healthcare providers.
- The specialized care of patients whose conditions are life-threatening and who require comprehensive care and constant monitoring, usually in intensive care units. Examples are patients with severe respiratory problems requiring endotracheal intubation and patients with seizures caused by cerebral malaria
When I Need Acute Care?
Life-threatening situations require acute care. In these moments, time is everything, and you need a team of specialists ready to solve critical health challenges that require immediate medical attention, expertise, and specialized care to ensure patient safety, stabilization, and treatment.
- If you are a victim of severe trauma, like the one produced by car accidents or falls.
- Heart attack symptoms, (chest pain, shortness of breath, and discomfort in the arm)
- Sudden loss of consciousness, severe respiratory distress, or severe allergic reactions.
- Severe symptoms, such as severe pain, severe headaches, or neurological symptoms.
Acute Care Services at Cool Springs
At Cool Springs & North Franklin Internal Medicine & Pediatrics, we are prepared to help you with any sudden inconvenience. Our expert team is ready to support you in case of emergency.
Walk-ins are welcome 24/7 without an appointment, although you may book one if you prefer. Don’t hesitate to contact any of our Tennessee locations and take the next step for your health and body.