Emergency Rooms have a variety of different medical situations that can occur at any given time.Some of these conditions and situations are more severe or pressured than others. The key to effectively tackle them is to have an awareness of the many possibilities in the emergency room. Below is a list of possible Emergency Room Situations:
- Car accidents
- Sports injuries
- Broken bones and cuts from accidents and falls
- Burns
- Heart attacks, chest pain
- Difficulty breathing, asthma attacks, pneumonia
- Strokes, loss of function and/or numbness in arms or legs
- Loss of hearing
- Unconsciousness
- Confusion, altered level of consciousness, fainting
- Suicidal or homicidal thoughts
- Overdoses
- Severe abdominal pain, persistent vomiting
- Poisoning
- Severe reactions from insect bites, foods or medications
- Complications from diseases, high fevers
