EMERGENCY INFO

NATIONAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HOTLINE

Call: (800) 799-SAFE (7233)

Text: START to 88788

https://www.thehotline.org/

Emergency Rooms (ER) aka Emergency Departments (ED) are set up to treat life-threatening issues that need immediate attention. Our emergency department has access to advanced testing and imaging resources and an integrative team of providers across specialties including cardiology, neurology, orthopedics and hundreds of other specialties. It is open 24 hours a day, every day.

Call 911 or go directly to the nearest emergency department if you think you're experiencing a life-threatening condition. Symptoms may include, but are not limited to:

• Any sudden or severe pain

• Sudden changes in vision

• Chest or upper abdominal pain or pressure lasting two minutes or more

• Confusion or changes in mental status, unusual behavior, difficulty walking

• Coughing or vomiting blood

• Difficulty speaking

• Fainting, sudden dizziness, weakness

• Head injury

• Heart attack symptoms

• Loss of consciousness

• Major trauma

• Open fractures

• Severe or persistent vomiting or diarrhea

• Severe or unusual abdominal pain

• Severe or uncontrolled bleeding

• Stroke symptoms

• Suicidal or homicidal feelings

https://www.ucsfhealth.org/education/should-you-go-to-urgent-care-or-the-emergency-room

If you have a non-life threatening illness or injury that can't wait until tomorrow, urgent care is the right choice. Symptoms may include, but are not limited to:

• Bites

• Coughs

• Cuts

• Dehydration

• Diarrhea

• Ear pain

• Fever

• Infections

• Mild asthma

• Minor burns

• Nose bleeds

• Rashes

• Painful urination

• Vomiting

• Sore throat

• Simple fractures

• Sprains

• Strains

https://www.ucsfhealth.org/education/should-you-go-to-urgent-care-or-the-emergency-room