Urgent Care at Gunnison Valley Health

Exceptional Urgent Care in Gunnison

If you have a minor injury or illness and need care right away, Gunnison Valley Health’s Urgent Care is here for you. As a walk-in clinic, our urgent care in Gunnison is open seven days a week, every day of the year. Fully-staffed by an experienced team of providers, Gunnison Valley Health’s Urgent Care has the tools and resources you need to navigate injuries and illnesses that can’t wait for a doctor’s appointment.

Gunnison Valley Health Urgent Care and Mountain Clinic are connected to our award-winning healthcare system.

Is it urgent care or an emergency?

Urgent care: Minor injuries and illnesses that can’t wait for a doctor’s appointment

These are examples of diagnoses that are typically considered urgent. This list is not comprehensive or considered a replacement for a clinical examination, and may vary based on your specific symptoms and condition.

• Allergies
• Bladder or urinary tract infections
• Cold
• Cough
• Earache
• Flu/Influenza
• Insect bites and stings
• Minor asthma
• Minor injury
• Pink eye
• Poison Ivy
• Rash
• Simple abscess
• Simple burn
• Simple cuts, bruises or abrasions
• Simple nose bleed
• Sinusitis
• Sunburn
• Sore throat
• Strains or sprains

Emergency care examples: Severe injuries and illnesses.

These are examples of diagnoses that are typically considered emergent. This list is not comprehensive or considered a replacement for a clinical examination, and may vary based on your specific symptoms and condition.

• Abdominal pain
• Baby less than 2 years old with a fever
• Blood clots and DVTs
• Broken or dislocated bones
• Chest pain or chest pressure
• Coughing up or vomiting blood
• Difficulty breathing or shortness of breath
• Dizziness or loss of consciousness
• Eye injuries
• Foreign body removal
• Head injury
• Heart palpitations/racing heart rate
• High blood pressure crisis (severe headache, severe anxiety, shortness of breath, nosebleed)
• High fever or fever with rash
• Kidney stones
• Major burns
• Major wounds or bleeding that won’t stop
• Pregnancy complications
• Poisoning
• Seizure
• Severe allergies
• Severe back pain
• Severe flu or pneumonia
• Severe headache
• Stroke symptoms (including sudden onset of slurred speech, impaired vision, numbness, confusion, dizziness)
• Sudden change in vision
• Sudden or severe pain
• Sudden testicular pain or swelling
• Suicidal or homicidal thoughts or hallucinations
• Vomiting or dehydration

Call 911 immediately if someone is unconscious, having trouble breathing, has suffered a serious injury or may be having a heart attack or stroke.

Location and Hours of Operation

• Location: right next to the hospital in the Family Medicine Clinic building at 707 North Iowa Street Gunnison, Colorado.
• Hours of operation in Gunnison:
  • Seven days a week, 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.
• Phone: 970-648-7105