Determining the level of a health emergency is complicated.
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If you are experiencing any of the following medical emergencies, please call 911.
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It's also important to know which risk factors can impact your health most and those that cannot wait for an appointment.
The Emergency Room at KCH treats a broad range of conditions, including:
- Abdominal pain or injury
- Blood pressure concerns
- Blood sugar (glucose) concerns
- Chest pain or injury
- Blood clot concerns
- Breathing Difficulties (shortness of breath with asthma, COPD, or heart failure)
- Confusion or changes in mental function, or unexplained drowsiness or disorientation
- Coughing up blood
- Dehydration
- Eye pain with sudden visual changes
- Fainting/passing out
- Sudden or changing pattern with a headache or migraine pain
- Heart beating fast or irregular
- Irregular Heartbeat or beating fast
- Kidney stones
- Life-threatening conditions
- Light-headedness
- Limb swelling without injury
- Major animal bite
- Major burns
- Major cuts
- Nausea, vomiting (abdominal pain), dehydration, or bloody stools
- Obstetric emergencies (more than 16 weeks pregnant)
- Persistent vertigo (dizziness)
- Physical Assault
- Poisoning or exposure to dangerous chemicals
- Rectal bleeding
- Seizures
- Severe - allergic reaction
- Severe - head injury (concussion risk)
- Severe - shortness of breath
- Sexual assault
- Signs of stroke such as weakness or numbness or the face, arms, and legs, sudden loss of speech or vision
- Sudden severe pain
- Suicidal thoughts
- Uncontrolled bleeding
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