If you live in Avon Park or Lake Placid and need a walk in clinic Avon Park patients can actually use, you're seen at Shield Medical Group's Sebring primary care office. Shield Medical Group is a primary care practice, not an urgent care center, and it accepts walk-ins during office hours for new and established patients. The Sebring office is at 4597 Casablanca Cir, Sebring, FL 33870. Call (863) 236-9550. If you have warning signs of a heart attack or a stroke, call 9-1-1 immediately.
Walk in clinic Avon Park patients: how Shield works
Shield Medical Group doesn't have an Avon Park or Lake Placid office. Patients from Avon Park, Lake Placid, Sun 'n Lake, Sebring, and across Highlands County come to the Sebring primary care office for scheduled visits and walk-ins.
That's the honest answer behind many same-day care searches from Avon Park and Lake Placid. The Sebring office page states that patients come to the Sebring office from those towns. If you live in Polk County, the Lake Wales office at 23607 US Highway 27 N, Lake Wales, FL 33859, may be closer. This article doesn't state drive times.
Shield Medical Group is a primary care practice that accepts walk-ins. It's not an urgent care center and doesn't describe itself here as offering urgent care services. You can read the same wording on the practice's walk-ins welcome page.
A search for same-day care or urgent care in Avon Park or urgent care Avon Park FL should not lead you to think Shield has an Avon Park office or that the practice is urgent care. There's no Shield office in Avon Park or Lake Placid. Walk-in visits happen at the Sebring primary care office during posted hours.
The same Sebring office also serves people who already live in Sebring and search for a walk in clinic Sebring or a walk in clinic Sebring FL. If you live in Polk County, the Lake Wales office may be closer, but this article doesn't state drive times and doesn't invent a distance from your home.
Sources: Walk-Ins Accepted in Sebring, FL (Shield Medical Group); Primary Care Doctor in Sebring, FL (Shield Medical Group); Primary Care Doctor in Lake Wales, FL (Shield Medical Group)
Office hours and how a walk-in visit works
Walk-ins are welcome during posted office hours and are seen along with scheduled patients, so wait times vary. Calling ahead or booking online may shorten your wait.
Sebring office hours, from the Sebring and walk-ins pages, are Monday through Friday 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM, Saturday 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM, and Sunday closed. There's a free parking lot on site, and the entrance is wheelchair accessible.
Lake Wales office hours, from the Lake Wales page, are Monday through Friday 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM, with Saturday closed and Sunday closed. Holiday hours are posted on the practice's Google Business Profile.
The Sebring office page also says you may call in the morning or walk in during office hours, and the practice will work to see you that day. The same-day appointment page describes reserved daily slots. This article doesn't treat reserved same-day slots and walk-ins as the same thing, because the website doesn't define the difference in detail.
To ask about today's wait or to book, call (863) 236-9550.
If you're planning a walk-in visit from Avon Park to the Sebring office, call (863) 236-9550 first if you want to ask about today's wait.
Sources: Walk-Ins Accepted in Sebring, FL (Shield Medical Group); Primary Care Doctor in Sebring, FL (Shield Medical Group); Primary Care Doctor in Lake Wales, FL (Shield Medical Group); Same Day Appointment (Shield Medical Group); Contact Shield Medical Group
What walk-in visits at this primary care office are for
The walk-ins page lists common reasons people walk in during office hours, including a cold, flu and cough, sore throat or ear pain, sinus symptoms, urinary symptoms, minor rashes, blood pressure or blood sugar concerns, and questions about medicines.
Those examples come from Walk-Ins Accepted in Sebring, FL. They're everyday problems a primary care office may evaluate during regular hours. They aren't a complete list, and they aren't a promise that every concern can be handled as a walk-in.
The practice cares for adults. The physicians currently listed on the physicians page are Kulmeet Kundlas, MD, a board-certified internist who sees patients in Sebring and Lake Wales, and Carlos M. Baez Cubille, MD, who also sees adults in both offices, from checkups to same-day sick visits.
Please bring a photo ID, your insurance card, a list of your medicines, and your questions, as the Sebring office page asks.
If you're new to the practice, please still bring a photo ID, insurance card, medicine list, and questions. A walk-in visit at Shield is a primary care visit, not an urgent care visit. New and established patients may walk in during office hours.
Sources: Walk-Ins Accepted in Sebring, FL (Shield Medical Group); Primary Care Doctor in Sebring, FL (Shield Medical Group); Meet Our Physicians (Shield Medical Group)
When to call 9-1-1 or go to the emergency room
A walk-in at a primary care office isn't the right place for a life-threatening emergency. If you notice symptoms of a heart attack or a stroke, call 9-1-1 immediately.
The NHLBI heart attack symptoms page says heart attack symptoms can start slowly and can be mild or more serious and sudden, and they can differ from person to person and between men and women. Symptoms can include chest pain, heaviness, or discomfort in the center or left side of the chest (the most common symptom); pain or discomfort in one or both arms, the back, shoulders, neck, jaw, or above the belly button; shortness of breath; sweating a lot for no reason; unusual tiredness; nausea and vomiting; light-headedness or sudden dizziness; and a rapid or irregular heartbeat.
NHLBI says any time you think you might be having a heart attack, call 9-1-1 for emergency medical care, even if you are not sure. An ambulance is the safest way to get to the hospital; do not drive or let someone else drive you.
The NINDS stroke page says to act F.A.S.T.: Face drooping (does one side of the face droop when smiling?), Arm weakness (when arms are raised, does one drift down?), Speech difficulty (is speech slurred or strange?), and Time to call 911. NINDS says not to drive. Call an ambulance immediately, because every second counts.
NHLBI’s stroke page also says signs can include a sudden and severe headache, sudden weakness, trouble seeing, and trouble speaking or understanding speech, and to call 9-1-1 right away if you think you or someone else may be having a stroke.
Shield Medical Group's walk-ins page also says to go to the emergency room or call 9-1-1 for chest pain or pressure, trouble breathing, stroke signs, severe bleeding, serious injury, sudden severe pain, or fainting.
Flu and cough are among the walk-in reasons listed on the walk-ins page. If you have trouble breathing, persistent chest pain, or other warning signs that could be a medical emergency, call 9-1-1. Don't wait for office hours.
Sources: Walk-Ins Accepted in Sebring, FL (Shield Medical Group); Heart Attack Symptoms (NHLBI, NIH); Stroke (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
After hours, or a weekend or holiday
Telehealth visits are available after hours, on weekends, and on holidays when the offices are closed.
The Sebring office is open Saturday mornings, as listed above. The Lake Wales office is closed on Saturday and Sunday. When the offices are closed, the telehealth page explains how virtual visits work. This article doesn't quote a cash telehealth price, because that page describes a specific telehealth offering and should be read on its own.
If symptoms are life-threatening, call 9-1-1 rather than waiting for office hours or a telehealth visit. Medicare Part B usually covers emergency department services when you have an injury, a sudden illness, or an illness that quickly gets much worse, and Medicare.gov says costs vary depending on your situation.
Sources: Primary Care Doctor in Sebring, FL (Shield Medical Group); Primary Care Doctor in Lake Wales, FL (Shield Medical Group); Telehealth in Florida (Shield Medical Group); Emergency Room Services Coverage (Medicare.gov)
Related: Walk-Ins Accepted in Sebring, FL
Related: Primary Care Doctor in Sebring, FL
Related: Primary Care Doctor in Lake Wales, FL
Related: Meet Our Physicians
Related: Telehealth in Florida
Related: Same Day Appointment
Related: Contact Shield Medical Group
Related guides from Shield Medical Group
- Walk-Ins Accepted in Sebring, FL
- Primary Care Doctor in Sebring, FL
- Primary Care Doctor in Lake Wales, FL
Frequently asked questions
What's a walk-in clinic vs urgent care?
A walk-in visit at Shield Medical Group is a same-day visit at a primary care practice during office hours. Shield Medical Group isn't an urgent care center. Urgent care is a different type of facility. Avon Park and Lake Placid patients are seen at the Sebring office. For heart attack or stroke warning signs, call 9-1-1.
How much is a walk-in clinic?
Shield Medical Group doesn't publish a cash price for a walk-in or new-patient office visit on its website. What a patient pays depends on the services provided and the insurance plan. For an estimate, call (863) 236-9550. Do not delay 9-1-1 care because of cost. Medicare.gov says costs for emergency department services vary depending on your situation.
When to use a walk-in clinic?
Avon Park and Lake Placid residents can walk in to Shield Medical Group's Sebring primary care office during office hours for concerns the practice lists as walk-in reasons, including a cold, flu and cough, sore throat or ear pain, sinus or urinary symptoms, minor rashes, and blood pressure or medicine questions. Call 9-1-1 for chest pain or stroke signs.
References
- Walk-Ins Accepted in Sebring, FL (Shield Medical Group)
- Primary Care Doctor in Sebring, FL (Shield Medical Group)
- Primary Care Doctor in Lake Wales, FL (Shield Medical Group)
- Meet Our Physicians (Shield Medical Group)
- Telehealth in Florida (Shield Medical Group)
- Emergency Room Services Coverage (Medicare.gov)
- Same Day Appointment (Shield Medical Group)
- Contact Shield Medical Group
- Heart Attack Symptoms (NHLBI, NIH)
- Stroke (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
- Stroke – What Is a Stroke? (NHLBI, NIH)
Educational only; talk to your clinician. This article is general health education, not medical advice, diagnosis or treatment.
