|||FROM TOM EVERSOLE for ORCAS ISLAND HEALTH CARE DISTRICT |||
With support from Orcas Island Health Care District, Island Health has made considerable improvements in access to after-hours care. Here’s the information you need to know:
How-To Guide: After-Hours Care
If you’re experiencing a life-threatening event, such as a heart attack or stroke, call 9-1-1.
Orcas Island residents have access to after-hours care seven days a week for urgent, non-life-threatening health matters. Whether you need care during or after clinic hours, please call 360.293.3101.
After-hours process
» Call 360.293.3101 and listen carefully to the prompts.
- When calling after-hours, you will be asked to provide relevant information on your medical situation.
- The on-call physician will return your call within 30 minutes to provide advice on your symptoms.
- If determined to be medically necessary, the on-call physician will contact an Orcas Island provider to address urgent medical issues on the island.
- This may result in an after-hours clinic visit or help in facilitating an appointment in the clinic the following day.
Island Primary Care – Orcas is not a walk-in clinic. Same-day appointments may be available. Appointments are required for all services during or after business hours. Schedule appointments by calling: 360.293.3101 or toll-free at 360.376.2561.
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Succinct and helpful. Perhaps a portable postcard size version could be left at Ray’s, Food Bank, Library. One kept by the phone could save minutes that count.
A P.S. to the above. That same postcard might be suitable for providing contact information for all THREE Medical Airlift services and the annual subscription cost of each.
A P.S. to the above. Perhaps contact information for the THREE Air Ambulance resources could be added along with their annual subscription cost.