Emergency Care
When you or a loved one needs emergency medical attention right away, depend on the highly-skilled emergency care teams at PIH Health.
When to Come to the ER
Come to the emergency room (ER) if you or a loved one experience life threatening conditions such as:
- Bleeding that won’t stop
- Breathing problems
- Broken bones
- Chest pain or other heart attack symptoms
- Head, neck or spine injury
- Poisoning
- Seizure
- Serious burns
- Severe injury
- Severe pain
- Sexual assault
- Sudden weakness, difficulty speaking or other stroke symptoms
- Thoughts of hurting yourself or someone else
- Vomiting or diarrhea that doesn’t stop
Heart Attack & Stroke Treatment
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What to Expect When Waiting to be Treated
People who require the most urgent care will be treated first. When you arrive you will meet with a member of the emergency triage team who will evaluate your condition and make you comfortable in the most appropriate area of the department.
The following information provides an explanation of the sorting standard of how patients are evaluated for treatment in the emergency department:
- RESUSCITATION: Conditions that are a threat to life requiring immediate aggressive intervention to restore or preserve life.
- EMERGENT: Conditions that are a potential threat to life, limb or function requiring immediate intervention.
- URGENT: Conditions that are a serious illness or injury requiring intervention. Usually associated with significant distress or discomfort.
- LESS URGENT: Conditions presenting as an illness or injury requiring intervention. Usually associated with mild to moderate distress or discomfort.
- NON-URGENT: Conditions that are a minor illness or injury for which intervention could be delayed or deferred. Usually associated with minimal or no distress or discomfort.
Skilled Emergency Care Team
Receive care from health professionals with training in emergency care and trauma, including:
- Board-certified emergency medicine doctors
- Certified emergency nurses
What to Bring to the ER
Help us give you the best possible care in the emergency room. If possible, bring:
- Health insurance information
- Identification
- Information about any recent medical procedures or test results
- List of current medications (or the medications in their original packages)
- List of known allergies
- Responsible adult or the phone number of someone to contact
Learn about what to expect at the ER.
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