Medical Emergencies
Call 911 or go to the nearest Emergency Department when you need immediate care for symptoms such (but not limited to) as:
- Trouble breathing
- Bleeding that won’t stop after constant pressure for 10 minutes
- Chest pain or pressure (especially if it radiates down your arm)
- Broken bones
- Partial or total amputation of a limb
- Traumas or injuries to the head
- Deep cuts or wounds
- Severe burns
- Severe pain
- Poisoning
- Loss of consciousness – unable to wake
- Sudden headaches, dizziness, weakness, numbness, trouble seeing or speaking
- Sudden eyesight changes (e.g. blurry or double vision, loss of vision in all or part of your eye)
- Fever/severe pain that is not improved with acetaminophen/ibuprofen (i.e. Tylenol/Advil)
- Mental health issues (overdose, thoughts of suicide, self-harm or harm to others)
- Severely ill or injured children and infants
- Obstetrical emergencies (early pregnancy complications, labour and delivery)
- Newborn baby (less than 3 months old) with a fever greater than 38 degrees C
We understand that emergency rooms currently have long wait times, however, when experiencing the symptoms above you should go to the ER. Do NOT book with your family physician, as they will likely provide the same advice of going to the ER.
TRUST YOUR INSTINCTS: If your instincts are telling you that it’s an emergency, then please go to the Emergency Room.