Wells Emergency Medical Services

Call 911 immediately for any serious condition. Don’t take a chance with anything life-threatening, including:

• Allergic Reaction – systemic reaction
• Altered mental status / sudden, sustained confusion
• Chest or upper abdominal pain or pressure
• Fainting, sudden dizziness, weakness
• Heart attack
• Insect bites – systemic reaction
• Loss of consciousness
• Moderate to severe difficulty breathing
• Other major injury
• Poisoning—only if accompanied by other serious symptoms
• Seizure
• Severe bleeding or head injury
• Stroke/TIA (transient ischemic attack)
• Sudden loss of vision or blurred vision
• Sudden profound weakness
• Sudden profuse sweating at rest
• Suicidal feelings
• Trouble speaking or understanding
• Vomiting or diarrhea of extended duration or where blood is present

For children, call 911 immediately for any serious problem. Symptoms that are serious for a child may not be as serious for an adult. In particular, call 911 immediately if:

• Your child is having any difficulty breathing, for example:
  • Breathing faster than normal; child looks paler than usual or has whitish or bluish lips
  • Child is coughing excessively, choking or breathing irregularly
• If your child has any injury where you think a bone may be broken or there is a wound that may need stitches
• Your child is vomiting following an injury
• Your child has diarrhea, vomiting AND has:
  • No tears
  • Very dry mouth
  • Not urinating at least 2-3 times over the last 24 hours
• Your child is under 3 months of age and has a fever over 38° C or 100.4° F
• Your child has a fever and is difficult to wake up or is very sleepy
• If your child develops a rash that does not turn white when you push on it