Fainting or Sudden Weakness
On-going dizziness, fainting, and weakness are based on several causes such as infections, allergies, or cardiac or neurologic conditions. These all conditions signal one thing, rush to your doctor for the check-up.
If you are seriously hurt or sick, you can go to a hospital emergency department for urgent treatment. Emergency departments deal with genuine life-threatening emergencies such as: chest pain or chest tightness lasting more than 10 minutes. sudden onset of weakness, numbness or paralysis of the face, arm or leg.
It is an emergency if waiting to get care could be dangerous to your life or a part of your body. A bad injury or a sudden serious illness can be an emergency. Severe pain and active labor are also emergencies. Your health plan must cover emergency care no matter where you are and what hospital you go to.
People are admitted to a hospital when they have a serious or life-threatening problem (such as a heart attack). They also may be admitted for less serious disorders that cannot be adequately treated in another place (such as at home or in an outpatient surgery center).
The triage categories used in both systems are: Red (immediate evaluation by physician), Orange (emergent, evaluation within 15 min), Yellow (potentially unstable, evaluation within 60 min), Green (non-urgent, re-evaluation every 180 min), and Blue (minor injuries or complaints, re-evaluation every 240 min).
As your friend did, you can always try to drop a big name, like say you're friends with the president of the hospital. In general, if they think you're a VIP (even if you're not), you'll definitely get seen more quickly. ...
“The busiest time starts around 6 p.m.; Mondays are the worst. We're slowest from 3 a.m. to 9 a.m. If you have a choice, come early in the morning.” Denise King, R.N., Riverside, Calif. “People who are vomiting their guts out get a room more quickly.
The biggest reason that you should never google your symptoms is that you're not a doctor. We don't say this to be flippant or dismissive; there's a reason we trust doctors with the most vulnerable and frightening moments in our health journeys.
Share any symptoms you have
A symptom is evidence of a disease or disorder in the body. Examples of symptoms include pain, fever, a lump or bump, unexplained weight loss or gain, or having a hard time sleeping. Be clear and concise when describing your symptoms. Your description helps the doctor identify the problem.
The most common ICD-10 diagnoses seen by U.S. primary care specialists include essential (primary) hypertension (I10); type II diabetes mellitus without complications (E11. 9) and other specified diabetes mellitus without complications (E13. 9); and hyperlipidemia, unspecified (E78. 5).
Red tag: A red tag indicates the most urgent treatment need. The individual has suffered life-threatening injuries but has a chance for survival if he or she receives immediate medical attention.
BLACK: (Deceased/expectant) injuries incompatible with life or without spontaneous respiration; should not be moved forward to the collection point. RED: (Immediate) severe injuries but high potential for survival with treatment; taken to collection point first.
Priority 1: Dead on arrival Trauma/CPR. Priority 2: Emergency. Priority 3: Non-Emergency.
In general, if you're in either type of hospital, you have a right to leave whenever you wish. Medical personnel can't keep you against your will.
The most frequent principal diagnoses for hospitalizations in the United States in 2018 were septicemia, heart failure, osteoarthritis, pneumonia (except that caused by tuberculosis), and diabetes mellitus with complication.
Severe bleeding or severe head injuries. Loss of consciousness or “black-out” Sudden loss of vision or blurred vision. Fever of 100.4 (rectal reading) in an infant less than 3 months old (Source Mayo Clinic)