Oh yeah I was thinking about adding head bumps but forgot / wasn’t sure where to add it.
Great criteria. Another “straight to the ER” one is loss of consciousness; people get knocked out in movies all the time so it’s easy to assume it’s fine, but it’s not.
Apytele@sh.itjust.works 5 hours ago
dexa_scantron@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
Losing consciousness for any reason = ER. A friend passed out during dinner and we weren’t sure what to do, so we called the triage nurse and they were like “ER now!” (He was fine, they never figured out what happened and it’s never happened again, but it’s definitely stayed with me.)
Fondots@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
I work in 911 dispatch, it drives me nuts how many people lose consciousness for various reasons, and then when they come to they say they’re fine and don’t need to be checked out.
There’s maybe some very narrow exceptions for people with known conditions that they’re already managing with the help of a doctor and they know exactly what’s causing it.
But in general, if you’re losing consciousness that’s a bad sign and you need to see a doctor about that ASAP