Emergency Room at SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital - Mt. Vernon

If a person or unborn baby could die or be permanently disabled, it is an emergency. Call 911 or the local emergency number to have the emergency team come to you right away if you cannot wait, such as for: - Choking - Stopped breathing - Head injury with passing out, fainting, or confusion - Injury to neck or spine, particularly if there is loss of feeling or inability to move - Electric shock or lightning strike - Severe burn - Severe chest pain or pressure - Seizure that lasted more than 1 minute or from which the person does not rapidly awaken - Trouble breathing - Passing out, fainting - Pain in the arm or jaw - Unusual or bad headache, particularly if it started suddenly - Suddenly not able to speak, see, walk, or move - Suddenly weak or drooping on one side of the body - Dizziness or weakness that does not go away - Inhaled smoke or poisonous fumes - Sudden confusion - Heavy bleeding - Possible broken bone, loss of movement, particularly if the bone is pushing through the skin - Deep wound - Serious burn - Coughing or throwing up blood - Severe pain anywhere on the body - Severe allergic reaction with trouble breathing, swelling, hives - High fever with headache and stiff neck - High fever that does not get better with medicine - Throwing up or loose stools that does not stop - Poisoning or overdose of drug or alcohol - Seizures

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