BOUNTIFUL — On a typical day, dozens of area residents are getting those “after hours” scrapes and more serious injuries taken care of at the Bountiful InstaCare and KidsCare facilities on north Main Street.

About 80 patients a day typically receive treatment at the facilities at 380 and 390 North Main, here. Chuck and Jill Zollinger are the parents of six children, ages 10 to 23. They have seen their share of sports-related accidents and illness onsets at those inconvenient hours when most doctors aren’t in the office.

One of those frequent uses of the facility involved her teenage son, Jonathan. During a game of church basketball, he slammed his finger on the ball.

Adults on hand worked to put the finger back into place, but they couldn’t correct the injury, he said. And while Jonathan claimed to be “fine” and kept playing, the pain didn’t subside after the game.

That’s when Jonathan’s dad took his son to InstaCare.

“They took an X-ray of his hand and told Chuck, ‘You need to get an orthopedic surgeon tomorrow morning,” Jill Zollinger said.

One of the bones in Jonathan’s finger was shattered with only the skin holding it together. Within days, the young man had surgery with plates and pins to fix the injury.

“I think people want quick access to help,” says InstaCare physician Dan Ricks. “That’s what InstaCare provides: very good care, quickly.”

KidsCare offers pediatric care as part of the Bountiful clinic’s services.

Following a recent renovation, the clinic expanded its services to include family and internal medicine, pediatrics, obstetrics and gynecology, dermatology, ear-nose-throat, allergy, general surgery and sports medicine.

Other members of the Zollinger family also make use of the facility.

For example, Marne typically goes there for a strep test while Mandi has a propensity for breaks and sprains. She is a University of Utah football team equipment manager.

Camille, an avid soccer player, had a muscle condition diagnosed at InstaCare. Parker, meanwhile, visited when a wrist swelled from a wasp sting. In addition, Madison learned that what she thought was appendicitis was actually dehydration with stomach flu.

Jill and Chuck Zollinger have also had their own reasons to turn to InstaCare as well.

Chuck came in with an upper respiratory condition, while Jill went to InstaCare during the recent H1N1 flu outbreak where she was diagnosed and treated for flu-related walking pneumonia and bronchitis.

“I was grateful to come in because my regular physician couldn’t get me in for a couple of days,” she said. “I would have been in much worse shape. I got in and they took care of me.”

The facilities are staffed by more than 20 physicians and 30-plus auxiliary staff. Many tests and procedures can be performed on-site, rather than having to refer patients elsewhere.

tbusselberg@davisclipper.com