Highline Medical Center Urgent Care opened in West Seattle on Monday, October 3 in the space adjacent to Highline Medical Group’s West Seattle Family Medicine in the Alaska Junction business district at 4744 41st Ave SW, Suite 101. It offers comprehensive urgent care services, including x-ray, and will be open on weeknights until nine and weekends until five.

Another office will open in Des Moines on Tuesday, November 1, adjacent to Des Moines Family Medicine on Marine View Drive.

Urgent care centers typically treat a variety of minor illnesses and injuries, from colds and flu to sprains and strains. Urgent care isn’t a replacement for your regular doctor. But if you don’t have a doctor, or yours isn’t available, and you want to be seen right away, it can be a great solution.

If it is a life-threatening emergency, remember you need to call 9-1-1 or get to the nearest ER. Highline’s state-of-the-art ER in Burien provides emergency services around the clock.

Highline Medical Center has posted a list of when to go to the emergency room and when to go to the urgent care on its website. To learn more, visit www.HighlineMedicalCenter.org