Emergency Rooms & Urgent Care
Call 911 for medical emergencies.
UHS does not cover hospital inpatient, emergency room, or immediate care treatment provided outside our clinic. Emergency room and hospitalization charges are not covered by student segregated fees. We recommend that students have hospitalization insurance that includes emergency room coverage, such as the UW–Madison Student Health Insurance Plan.
Emergency Rooms
Urgent Care Facilities
Emergency Room or Urgent Care?
If you cannot decide whether you require immediate medical care, call UHS at 608-265-5600 (option 1).
Emergency Room Concerns
Specifically designed to manage life-threatening illnesses and injuries including:
- High fever (greater than 101°F) with a severe headache and a stiff neck
- Chest pain
- Shortness of breath
- Loss of consciousness
- Drug overdose
- Acute alcohol intoxication
- Gunshot or knife wounds
- Fractures
- Seizures
- Accidents such as falls or involving motor vehicles
- Eye injuries
- Severe lacerations
Urgent Care Concerns
Evening and weekend health care for acute problems that are not life-threatening. Examples of illnesses and injuries managed urgent care facilities include:
- Minor fractures
- Rashes
- Upper respiratory infections
- Sore throats
- Earaches
- Headaches
- Abrasions
- Lacerations
- Flu
- Back pain
- Sprains