Mid Ohio Heart is now seeing patients
at our facility on Thursdays

Crawford Health and Urgent Care
Welcomes a new Practitioner.

Pamala Dwenger RN, MS, CNP

Pamala is a Family Nurse Practitioner board-certified by the American
Academy of Nurse Practitioner, licensed by the state if Ohio to provide
family centered health care to patients of all ages. Her scope of practice
encompasses diagnosis and management of common and complex health care
problems.

Welcome to our web site. The purpose of this site is to help familiarize you with our health center and the services we offer. We treat patients of all ages. We treat a variety of illnesses and minor injuries. Additionally,  we offer treatment for a variety for illnesses both acute, chronic, minor injuries, sports physicals, BWC, DOT physicals, employment physicals, drug screening, STD testing, x-ray, ECG, and sutures for simple cuts. No appointment is necessary for urgent care however appointments are for family practice and pediatrics. We do encourage you to complete patient registration paperwork ahead of time to help expedite the sign-in process.
You can download those forms and complete them ahead of time by clicking here.
We are looking forward to meeting you.

The Crawford Health Center and Urgent Care does not discriminate against race, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, handicap, religion, sexual orientation or political persuasion

Family practice is a practitioner that can care for the family as a unit. They have been trained to diagnose and treat children through elders. They can see and treat patients ages 1 to 101. Family practice has regular office hours and treats acute and chronic illnesses, performs physicals, immunizations and blood work or x-rays.

Urgent Care Centers (UCC) are facilities that offer immediate health care for the treatment of acute and chronic health problems and treatment for minor injuries.

So what in the world does that mean? UCC offer treatment for varies illnesses and have convenient hours.  They usually are open for 12 hours a day or have evening hours and open 6-7 days a week. Urgent care does not replace your primary care provider. An urgent care center is a convenient option when someone's regular practitioner is on vacation or unable to offer a timely appointment. Or, when illness strikes outside of regular office hours, UCC offers an alternative to waiting for hours in a hospital Emergency Room. However, UCC‘s are not an emergency room. 

What is an APN? An advance practice nurse is a registered nurse who has achieved their masters or doctorate degree in nursing, obtained advanced clinical training and passed the state board exam. They bring with them their experience of working as a registered nurse and education of diagnosing and treating acute and chronic conditions. An APN will place emphasis not just on cure but care while also concentrating on areas of health promotion, disease prevention and health education.  They focus on the patient as a whole person not just a disease process.

Please don’t call us midlevel providers. APN’s are non-physician practitioners that are trained in various different fields such as: acute care, adult, family, gerontology, neonatal, oncology, pediatric, psychiatric, and women’s health. They can also work in a variety of different settings such as an office, emergency rooms, school, factory, hospital setting, life flight, ambulance and urgent care.  APN’s have the authority to do the following:

• Order, perform and interpret diagnostic tests such as x-rays and lab work
• Diagnose and treat acute and chronic diseases such as diabetes, high blood pressure, injuries and infections
• Prescribe medications and other forms of treatment
• Manage a patient’s care needs
• Refer to specialists
• In some states, APN’s have admitting privileges with local hospitals if their patient needs admitted

If you want to know more please refer to The American Academy of Nurse Practitioners at www.aanp.com or the Ohio Board of Nursing at www.nursing.ohio.gov. 

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