I have been to the facility in Warminster, Pa three times - once for flu, when I saw a very nice young man who was a PA. He did a thorough check after reading my history of asthma and provided me with an antibiotic which we both knew would not help flu which is viral, but I am given antibiotics to prevent lung complications. It was a long bout of flu but his care was excellent. I returned 4 months later with a trigger finger. Since I was having a shoulder replacement in a week, I knew I needed full use of my hand. This time I had a very nice female PA who did a hand x-ray first to be sure nothing else was going on. When the x-ray was clear, except for arthritic changes, she injected cortisone into the base of my finger and the trigger finger resolved the next day. Both of these visits were in early 2017.
I returned on Friday, 9/7/18, after I had torn open the side of my calf on the bottom edge of the car door. It was ragged and ugly and bleeding everywhere. This time saw a PA named Zach. He was very professional, asked how I had done it, and chuckled with me over my not getting out of the way of the car door quickly enough. He cleaned the wound thoroughly with a dilute Betadine solution, trimmed away all torn and ragged skin and then reapproximated the edges loosely. The repair was done loosely because it was a ragged laceration and he was afraid sutures would pull through if he repaired it too tightly. He warned that I might have a scar but that it would heal well. I am 8 days out from the injury. The wound is clean and dry with no signs of infection. I will be returning Monday for suture removal.
I would like to add that for two visits I had Medicare and my 20% balance was minimal. For the other visit I had a Keystone Medicare advantage plan. I was quoted an $80 copay at another local urgent care facility but my copay at Keystone was $20. Had I gone to an ER my balance would have been in the hundreds. I worked in the medical field my entire adult life and also attended nursing school. I am extremely picky when choosing who treats me, I have only positive reviews about every PA who has seen me at Keystone. I have even heard they pick you up and take you home if you do not have a ride. I am very pleased that such a quality facility is so close to my home.
I would like to say to the person who was upset because they would not write a pain med prescription, urgent care is different from seeing your primary who knows you well. At urgent care, if you refuse a recommended treatment they are under no obligation to continue to provide you with pain medication. Maybe it would have been kind to give you a few days worth until you could get to the ER or see your primary, but they are not obligated to continue narcotic prescriptions. I also have had epidural steroid injections and do not want them anymore because they do not help as they did in the beginning. That is not the doctor's fault. It is just the nature of steroid injections. They may help initially with an inflammatory process but after a while, they just do not work for severe pain such as that caused by severe arthritis of the spine. I have also had them into the back of my left hip. Great at first, but do not help at all now. If your pain is chronic, please see a board certified rheumatologist. There is an exemplary group on Maryland Road in Willow Grove and the doctors are on the staff at Abington and Doylestown hospitals. I stand by my 5 star review of this urgent care facility and will continue to use them when my physician is not available. read more