Preparing Your Child For Visits to Urgent Care

If your child is needing laceration repair, foreign body removals, lab or radiology testings, there are simple ways you both can prepare for these type of visits. We offer kid-friendly tools here to help with the testing process.

Medical tests can be scary, but you can help create a calm environment and build confidence for your child.

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