Blood in your stool.
What can you go to the emergency room for.
This can include among other things.
They can do blood tests.
At the very least to see if you need to be admitted.
Recognizing the differences between emergency and urgent care can be confusing because both terms imply there is a medical need that needs to be addressed quickly says shawn evans md an emergency medicine physician at scripps memorial hospital la jolla.
If you have a medical emergency whether it is related or unrelated to covid 19 you should call 911 and go to the emergency room.
This includes any injury or illness for which a lack of immediate treatment may cause harm.
Keep a list of on call doctors who can see patients in case of an emergency.
If you feel you or your health is in danger.
By the way monitoring you is one way to see what is actually happening.
Whenever you re dealing with a health issue that you feel like is potentially life threatening you need to go to the emergency room dr.
You re using the emergency room as your treatment of last resort as opposed to the primary place you go for pain medication 3.
Yes even now during the pandemic she adds.
Look at the person.
Go to an emergency department right away.
When you wake up in the middle of the night with an alarming symptom maybe it s a high fever or splitting headache it s hard to know whether to rush to the emergency room or not.
Bring a letter from your doctor.
You should go to the emergency room if your symptoms are severe.
Call your health care provider.
He or she knows you best and can advise you what to do nevertheless if you learn that your blood sugar is in the 400 s simply because it was time to take a scheduled glucose reading but you feel perfectly fine it s not necessary to go to the emergency room.
It pays to think about the right place to go.
This will help you choose whether it is best to.
That is the time to go to the hospital.
And if you aren t sure call your pcp first.
Other warning signs to watch for are.
Go to an urgent care clinic.
Slight symptoms will not take you to the emergency room.