Emergency Care
If you believe you or a loved one are experiencing a true medical emergency, call 911.
A trained paramedic can offer immediate medical assistance at your current location or through transport by ambulance to OSF Center for Health – Streator.
The emergency center is staffed 24-hours a day, 7-days a week to meet the health needs, including life-threatening emergencies, of Streator residents and surrounding areas.
What Emergency Service Do I Use?
Wondering whether to use the Emergency Department, an OSF PromptCare clinic or an OSF OnCall Urgent Care in-person clinic or virtual visit?
The Freestanding Emergency Center is the best place for treating potentially severe and life-threatening conditions such as heart attack or stroke.
OSF PromptCare clinics can be used for urgent conditions that aren't life-threatening but need to be taken care of right away, such as sprains, skin rashes or a server sore throat.;
OSF OnCall Urgent care, with in-person and virtual visits, can also be used for minor illnesses and injuries. Virtual visits have the added convenience of being available 24/7 from wherever you are.
OSF Life Flight
When the seriousness of your injury or illness warrants a transfer to OSF Saint Francis Medical Center in Peoria, we utilize OSF Life Flight, an air medical service for the quickest transport.
OSF air ambulance operations are the busiest in the state of Illinois, logging more than 2200 flights annually.
OSF Life Flight is available for emergency transport 24 hours a day.
About the Helicopters
A new, state-of-the-art American Eurocopter EC 145 helicopter is stationed full-time at nearby Illinois Valley Regional Airport - Walter A. Duncan field in Peru. The medical helicopters can transport up to two patients and four crew members, including pilots.
