Many parents wonder whether a freestanding ER is really equipped to treat children. The answer: yes — fully.
ER of Mesquite is licensed by the State of Texas as a freestanding emergency medical care facility, which means we operate under the same emergency care standards as a hospital ER. For your child, that includes:
We’re not an urgent care clinic. We’re a full emergency room — close to home.
Local families bring children to us for a wide range of urgent and emergent issues, including:
Knowing what happens when you walk in can ease a lot of anxiety. Here’s how a typical pediatric emergency visit flows at Mesquite ER.
Bring your child directly inside. Our front-desk team will greet you immediately. No check-in line. No waiting room delays. If your child appears critical, triage starts at the door.
A pediatric-trained nurse assesses your child’s vitals (temperature, heart rate, oxygen, blood pressure) and reviews symptoms. This typically happens within 5 minutes of arrival.
A board-certified ER physician examines your child, takes a thorough history from you, and orders any needed diagnostics. You stay in the room with your child throughout.
If imaging or labs are needed (X-ray, CT, ultrasound, blood work, flu/strep/RSV swabs), they’re done right there — no transfers, no separate appointments. Most results return in 15–45 minutes.
Once diagnosed, your child receives treatment immediately — IV fluids, medications, breathing treatments, splinting, stitches, or whatever else is needed.
Most pediatric visits end with discharge, written care instructions, and follow-up guidance for your pediatrician. If hospital admission is needed, we coordinate ambulance transfer after your child is stable — treatment never stops.
The entire visit, start to finish, is typically 45 minutes to 2 hours — a fraction of the time a hospital ER usually requires.
When you’re driving with a sick or injured child, the last thing you need is to fumble with directions. Here’s how to get to us fast.
ER of Mesquite — Cartwright
1080 E Cartwright Rd, Suite 100 Mesquite, TX 75149
No. Just walk in. Calling ahead is optional. If you want to describe your child’s symptoms before arrival, call (469) 649-1007 — but no appointment is required.
Yes — 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year, including overnights, weekends, and all holidays.
Yes. Our ER physicians are trained to evaluate and treat patients of all ages, including newborns. Any fever in an infant under 3 months is a medical emergency — bring them in immediately.
When seconds matter, and your child needs help, the closest fully equipped pediatric ER is the right choice. ER of Mesquite is here for Mesquite-area families, around the clock.
📍 1080 E Cartwright Rd, Suite 100, Mesquite, TX 75149
📞 Call (469) 649-1007
🕒 Open 24/7/365 — Walk-Ins Always Welcome
For life-threatening emergencies, always call 911. For poisoning, call Poison Control at 1-800-222-1222.
Struggling to breathe is never a wait-and-see symptom. ER of Mesquite – Emergency Room is the shortness of breath emergency room open 24/7 at 1080 E Cartwright Rd Ste 100, with oxygen, breathing treatments, EKG, chest imaging, and board-certified physicians on-site. Walk in anytime, and if lips are turning blue or someone is gasping, call 911.
Shortness of breath is an emergency when it occurs at rest, comes on suddenly, or is paired with chest pain, blue lips or fingertips, confusion, fainting, or wheezing that doesn’t respond to a rescue inhaler. In children, watch for fast or labored breathing, ribs pulling in with each breath, nostrils flaring, or a child too breathless to speak or feed.
Gradual breathlessness with exertion still deserves evaluation, but the ER for breathing problems is the right choice the moment breathing trouble is sudden, severe, or worsening. If breathing trouble follows an insect sting, food, or medication, it may be anaphylaxis, see our allergic reaction and anaphylaxis page and come in immediately.
Sudden difficulty breathing causes include an asthma attack, a severe allergic reaction, pneumonia or another lung infection, a blood clot in the lung, heart problems, and a collapsed lung. Anxiety can also cause breathlessness, but it is a diagnosis of exclusion, meaning the dangerous causes are ruled out first with testing, never assumed away.
Shortness of breath and chest pain together is a combination we treat as an emergency until proven otherwise, because it can signal a heart attack, a blood clot in the lung, or an abnormal heart rhythm. Your evaluation includes an immediate EKG, cardiac enzyme lab testing, and chest imaging. A racing or irregular heartbeat with breathlessness is covered on our irregular heartbeat and palpitations page.
Oxygen treatment at our emergency room starts within minutes: pulse oximetry on arrival, supplemental oxygen when levels are low, nebulizer breathing treatments for wheezing and airway tightness, and IV medication and fluids where infection or inflammation is the driver. We monitor your oxygen continuously until your breathing is stable and the cause is identified.
As a freestanding emergency room, your visit follows a clear path: you’re seen quickly by a board-certified ER physician, breathing complaints are triaged to the front of the line, we assess and stabilize you with oxygen and treatment on-site, and if your condition needs ICU-level care or hospital admission, we coordinate immediate transfer to the appropriate facility. For breathing problems treatment in Mesquite, TX at any hour, see No Wait ER in Mesquite for how intake works, or Urgent Care vs. Emergency Room, note that most urgent cares cannot provide continuous oxygen or advanced cardiac testing.
We serve patients throughout Mesquite, Balch Springs, Sunnyvale, Forney, Garland, and Seagoville. Open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, at 1080 E Cartwright Rd Ste 100, Mesquite, TX 75149.
Shortness of breath is an emergency when it occurs at rest, comes on suddenly, or is paired with chest pain, blue lips or fingertips, confusion, fainting, or wheezing that does not respond to an inhaler.
The ER checks oxygen levels, performs an EKG and chest imaging, runs blood tests, and treats the cause with oxygen, breathing treatments, or IV medication depending on the findings.
Sudden difficulty breathing can be caused by an asthma attack, allergic reaction, pneumonia, a blood clot in the lung, heart problems, or a collapsed lung. Sudden onset always warrants emergency evaluation.
Yes. Shortness of breath combined with chest pain can signal a heart attack, blood clot, or other serious condition, and should be treated as an emergency, come in or call 911 immediately.
Yes, anxiety can cause shortness of breath, but dangerous causes must be ruled out first. The ER confirms your oxygen, heart, and lungs are safe before attributing breathing trouble to anxiety.
The ER checks oxygen with a pulse oximeter on your fingertip within minutes of arrival, and with blood gas testing when a precise measurement is needed to guide oxygen treatment.
Take a child to the ER for breathing problems if you see fast or labored breathing, ribs pulling in with each breath, nostrils flaring, blue lips, wheezing, or a child too breathless to speak or feed.
Struggling to breathe? Walk in now, oxygen and breathing treatments start within minutes.
Contact Us | Call (469) 649-1007 | Walk in 24/7, 1080 E Cartwright Rd Ste 100, Mesquite, TX 75149
At our advanced emergency room in Mesquite, TX, we provide fast, effective, and compassionate care for patients of all ages, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Whether it’s a sudden illness, injury, or chronic condition flare-up, our board-certified emergency physicians and experienced medical staff are ready to treat your emergency with urgency and care.
+1 469-649-1007
info@erofmesquitetx.com
1080 E Cartwright Rd, Mesquite, TX 75149, United States
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