Other Emergency #'s
- POISON CONTROL CENTER:
- 1-800-222-1222
- MANCHESTER FIRE DEPARTMENT
- (931) 728-2999
- MANCHESTER POLICE DEPARTMENT
- (931) 728-2099
- COFFEE COUNTY ANIMAL CONTROL
- (931) 723-2730
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Guidelines to Help You Decide When
You Should Go to the Emergency Room
You Should Go to the Emergency Room
- Loss of consciousness.
- Heart attack symptoms lasting two minutes or more. (Including pressure, fullness, squeezing or pain in the center of the chest; tightness, burning, or aching under the breastbone; chest pain with lightheadedness).
- Signs of a stroke. (Sudden weakness or numbness of the face, arm or leg on one side of the body; sudden dimness or loss of vision, particularly in one eye; loss of speech, or trouble talking or understanding speech; sudden, severe headaches with no known cause; unexplained dizziness, unsteadiness or sudden falls, especially when accompanied by any other stroke symptoms.
- Severe shortness of breath.
- Bleeding that does not stop after 10 minutes of direct pressure.
- Sudden, severe pain.
- Poisoning (Note: If possible, call your local poison control center first and ask for immediate home treatment advice-certain poisons should be vomited as soon as possible while others should be diluted with water as soon as possible. Such preliminary home treatment could save your life.)
- A severe or worsening reaction to an insect bite or sting, or to a medication, especially if breathing is difficult.
- A major injury, such as a head trauma.
- Unexplained stupor, drowsiness or disorientation.
- Coughing up or vomiting blood.
- Severe or persistent vomiting.
- Suicidal or homicidal feelings.