Emergency Medicine
Note: If your child is experiencing a life-threatening emergency, call 911 immediately.
Visit Phoenix Children’s Emergency Department if your child experiences the following symptoms:
- Acute mental or behavioral health concerns such as suicidal thoughts
- Allergic reactions
- Asthma attacks
- Blurred vision or loss of vision
- Broken bones and/or dislocated joints
- Chest pain or pressure
- Concussion
- Coughing or vomiting blood
- Difficulty breathing
- Disorientation or difficulty speaking
- Fainting, loss of consciousness or unresponsiveness
- Fever, accompanied by a rash
- Large, deep or gaping cuts or bleeding that won’t stop
- Overdose of any type of medication
- Seizures
- Slurred speech
- Sudden dizziness or loss of coordination
- Sudden numbness or weakness
- Traumatic head or eye injury