When should you visit an Emergency Room
For emergencies like strokes, severe bleeding, chest pain, breathing difficulties, head trauma, or severe burns, where every second counts, you should go to an emergency room.
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Fainting or passing out
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Breathing difficulties
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Pain in jaw or arm indicative of a cardiac episode
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Sudden, unusually severe headache
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Speech problems or trouble seeing, walking or moving
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Sudden confusion, dizziness, weakness or drooping on one side of the body
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Severe bone breaks, especially if a bone is protruding from the skin
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Deep wounds and severe burns
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Coughing or throwing up blood
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Extreme pain
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Severe allergic reactions involving hives, swelling or breathing difficulties
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Very high fevers
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Persistent vomiting or diarrhea
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Ingestion or inhalation of poisonous substances
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Overdoses
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Seizures
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Severe bleeding