Know Where to Go
Emergency? Urgent Care? Pediatrician? When your child is sick or injured, it can be hard to know where to go for care. Cook Children's is here to help.
Sneezes, sniffles, bites or stings, bumps, bruises, fever or a Saturday afternoon fall. These are just some of the things that parents like you worry about. When your child isn't feeling well, or they have an injury you want to help them find relief, fast! This handy chart can you help determine who to call and where to go for care.
• Primary care
• Virtual care
• Urgent care
• Emergency
| •••• | Allergies |
| •••• | Mild allergic reactions |
| •••• | Severe allergic reactions (trouble breathing) |
| •••• | Asthma attack (mild wheezing) |
| •••• | Asthma attack (wheezing/trouble breathing) |
| •••• | Bites/stings |
| •••• | Broken bone (visible, obvious deformity) |
| •••• | Broken bone |
| •••• | Burn (minor) |
| •••• | Burn (serious, including eyes, electrical or acid burns, infection or blister) |
| •••• | Cast-related problems (after hours) |
| •••• | Circumcision check |
| •••• | Cold/cough |
| •••• | Constipation advice |
| •••• | COVID-19 |
| •••• | Cut (minor) |
| •••• | Cut (bleeding that won't stop) |
| •••• | Dehydration |
| •••• | Diaper rash |
| •••• | Diarrhea |
| •••• | Earache/ear infection |
| •••• | Fainting due to exercise or activity |
| •••• | Fainting |
| •••• | Fever (child is older than 2 months and has no other medical problems) |
| •••• | Fever (child is younger than 2 months) |
| •••• | Flu-like symptoms |
| •••• | Head injury (no loss of consciousness) |
| •••• | Head injury (loss of consciousness, confusion, vomiting) |
| •••• | Ingrown toenail |
| •••• | Laryngitis |
| •••• | Lice |
| •••• | Migraine headache |
| •••• | Mouth ulcers, thrush |
| •••• | Nosebleed (not from an injury) |
| •••• | Pink eye |
| •••• | Poisoning |
| •••• | Rashes or skin infections |
| •••• | Respiratory conditions/wheezing/pneumonia/ croup (without severe breathing problems) |
| •••• | Respiratory conditions/wheezing/pneumonia/ croup (with severe breathing problems) |
| •••• | Seizure |
| •••• | Shock |
| •••• | Sinus infection |
| •••• | Sore throat/strep throat |
| •••• | Sprain/strain |
| •••• | Stomach ache |
| •••• | Swallowed object (no problems swallowing) |
| •••• | Swallowed object (trouble swallowing) |
| •••• | Urinary tract infection |
| •••• | Vomiting/diarrhea (not as a result of injury) |
| •••• | Wound care advice |
Visit our urgent care clinics in-person or online
Emergency locations
Dental care
2600 E. Berry St.
Fort Worth
TX
76105
Virtual care
Connect to a Cook Children's pediatrician from anywhere in Texas. Whether it's after hours or you can't see your primary care doctor, use your MyCookChildren's account to video chat with one of our doctors.
Helpful resources
You can download a copy of this chart to keep handy. You can also download our free health care notebook so you have all of your child’s health care information available when you need it.