Emergency Services

If you are experiencing a medical emergency, please call 911 or go to your nearest emergency room.

If you are experiencing any of the following symptoms, go to the emergency room at your nearest hospital:

• Chest pain/discomfort

• Severe abdominal pain

• Symptoms of stroke (slurred speech, facial droop, one sided body weakness)

• Alcohol or drug withdrawal

• Anaphylaxis reaction

• Asthma (severe)

• Bleeding (uncontrollable)

• Burns (severe, blistering, greater than the size of your hand)

• Coughing/vomiting blood

• Dehydration

• Dizziness of fainting

• Fever in infants younger than 3 months

• Fracture (bone showing)

• Headache (severe)

• Major head injury

• Ingestion of poisonous or obstructive objects

• Pregnancy complications

• Rapid or irregular heartbeat

• Seizure

• Shortness of breath

• Suicidal thoughts

• Trauma

Where to Go for Care?

You should use a hospital's emergency room for serious or life-threatening problems. However, when you need care quickly but don’t require emergency services, please visit our DirectCare clinics.

You Should Go to DirectCare for These Conditions:

• Allergies

• Asthma attach (still able to complete full sentences)

• Burns (minor redness, swelling, no blisters, less than the size of your hand)

• Colds, flu, fever

• Cough, sore throat, ear ache

• Cut/laceration (minor-possible stitches needed)

• Fracture (no visible bone)

• Head injury (no loss of consciousness, no confusion or memory loss)

• Insect bits

• Migraines

• Nausea/vomiting

• Pink eye

• Rash

• Sprains or strains

• Urinary tract infections