If you think you need emergency care, go to an OBH emergency department or call 911:
LOCATIONS:
Brookdale Emergency Department: 1 Brookdale Plaza
Interfaith Emergency Department: 1545 Atlantic Avenue
Kingsbrook Emergency Department: 585 Schenectady: Entrance on Winthrop Street between Schenectady & 49th Street
Seek emergency care for problem such as:
- Trouble breathing
- Passing out, fainting
- Pain in the arm or jaw
- Unusual or bad headache, particularly if it started suddenly
- Suddenly not able to speak, see, walk, or move
- Suddenly weak or drooping on one side of the body
- Dizziness or weakness that does not go away
- Inhaled smoke or poisonous fumes
- Sudden confusion
- Heavy bleeding
- Possible broken bone, loss of movement, particularly if the bone is pushing through the skin
- Deep wound
- Serious burn
- Coughing or throwing up blood
- Severe pain anywhere on the body
- Severe allergic reaction with trouble breathing, swelling, hives
- High fever with headache and stiff neck
- High fever that does not get better with medicine
- Throwing up or loose stools that does not stop
- Poisoning or overdose of drug or alcohol
- Seizures