Mobile minor injury evaluations
A provider can assess many minor injuries at your location. The hard limit is imaging: without X-ray on site, suspected fractures and significant trauma need a facility.
This page is general information, not medical advice. It cannot tell you whether a service is right for you. A licensed provider decides what care, if any, is appropriate.
What this page will cover
- What can generally be evaluated on site
- Why imaging is the deciding constraint
- Wound care: what travels and what does not
- Red flags that mean emergency care now
- Tetanus, infection risk, and follow-up
- What a participating provider may offer
- Questions to ask a provider
Questions this page will answer
- Can they tell if it's broken without an X-ray?
- Can they do stitches at my house?
- What counts as an emergency injury?
Written by: San Antonio Mobile Health Editorial TeamWritten and maintained by the San Antonio Mobile Health editorial team. We are not clinicians. Pages covering clinical topics are held out of search results until a named, credentialed reviewer has approved them.
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Related pages
- Mobile Sick Visits
A licensed provider evaluates a non-emergency illness where you are. Some point-of-care testing travels well; imaging and higher-acuity workups do not.
- Mobile Healthcare vs Urgent Care
Urgent care has imaging, on-site labs, and a lower cash price. Mobile care removes travel and waiting. The deciding factor is usually whether you might need an X-ray.
- When Mobile Healthcare May Not Be Appropriate
The situations where mobile care is the wrong choice, including several that look routine. This page will talk you out of a booking, which is the point.