After Hours Care

In the event of a life-threatening emergency, call 911 immediately.

 

Emergency Care:

Emergency situations may include suspected poisoning, uncontrolled bleeding, seizures, severe respiratory difficulty, head injury with loss of consciousness or confusion, sudden lack of responsiveness, neck stiffness with rash or fever, or bluish coloring.  For any of these issues, call 911 immediately.

 

Urgent Care:

Urgent care needs may include persistent vomiting or diarrhea, continuing sharp or persistent pain, cuts that may require stitches, severe ear pain, sore throats, rashes with fever, or other uncontrolled or worsening symptoms.

 

Should you have any urgent medical need for your child, one of our physicians is always on call, 24 hours a day. Any time, day or night, call either of our main office numbers for an urgent care need:

 

          Sandy Springs: 404.256.2688

          Woodstock: 770.928.0016

When the office is closed, you will receive instructions on how to reach the on-call physician. We partner with Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta to provide you with a nurse advice line for after-hours service.

 

When should you call your physician after hours?

If you are concerned, use the nurse advice line. Anytime you call the numbers above after hours, you will have access to the nurse advice line. You can describe your child’s symptoms and gain professional advice right away on the next steps you should take.

 

We especially request that all general-care questions and non-urgent prescription refills wait for normal business hours.