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Care for Minor Injuries

The Minor Injury Centers (MICs) were created to offer rapid and quality care for non-life threatening injuries that would otherwise be seen in the ER. Each center has also evolved special services to assist the local needs of its medical center.

IMPORTANT: The Minor Injury Center is not for emergencies. If you think you have an emergency, call 911 or go to the nearest Kaiser Permanente Hospital. If you are unsure whether or not you have an emergency, you can call your the call center for advice. If a Minor Injury Center is not available in your area, please also contact the call center or go to the nearest Kaiser Permanente Hospital.

You can browse below to view information about the problems and conditions cared for at a Minor Injury Center:

Injuries from Head to Toe
Bites and Stings
Burns, Cuts and Wounds
Domestic Violence Prevention Services
Infections and Boils
Removing Foreign Objects
Specific Problems of the Eyes, Nose and Toes

Please check the web pages of the MIC department nearest you for hours of operation, and types of problems cared for:

Antioch Campbell Hayward Martinez Milpitas Mountain View Oakland
Pleasanton San Francisco So. San Francisco Santa Clara Vacaville Vallejo Walnut Creek

For additional health information, you can also visit these specialty pages:

Emergency Services: Information on Common Medical Conditions
Diabetes: Diabetes Prevention and Control
Medicine: Health Information and Resources
Men’s Health: Men's Health Education
Orthopedics: Common Orthopedic Problems and Surgeries
Smoking: Smoking - Call It Quits!
Weight Management: Managing Your Weight
Women’s Health: Women's Health Education

 


Disclaimer
If you think you have a MEDICAL OR PSYCHIATRIC EMERGENCY, CALL 911 IMMEDIATELY or go to the nearest hospital. DO NOT attempt to access emergency care through this web site. An emergency medical condition is a medical or psychiatric condition that manifests itself by acute symptoms of sufficient severity (including severe pain) such that you could reasonably expect the absence of immediate medical attention to result in any of the following: serious jeopardy to your health, serious impairment to your bodily functions, or serious dysfunction of any bodily organ or part. An emergency medical condition is also "active labor," which means a labor when there is inadequate time for safe transfer to a Plan hospital (or designated hospital) before delivery or if a transfer poses a threat to the health of the member or unborn child.

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