Emergency Care

When to Visit the Emergency Department

Visit Hatemi Hospital’s Emergency Department for serious, urgent, or life-threatening medical conditions, including mental health emergencies.

Our Emergency Department is equipped to provide immediate and specialized care for conditions such as:

• Major injuries from accidents or falls
• Difficulty breathing or shortness of breath
• Intense chest or abdominal pain or pressure
• Stroke symptoms such as sudden weakness, facial drooping, or slurred speech
• Sudden loss of consciousness or responsiveness
• Severe bleeding that does not stop

Your loved one may need emergency mental health care if they are:

• At risk of or are threatening to seriously harm themselves or others. You can also access crisis intervention and suicide prevention services.
• TSeeing or hearing things.
• Believing things that are not true.
• Unable to care for themselves such as not eating, sleeping, bathing, getting out of bed or dressing.
• Still having trouble with symptoms even after they tried treatment with therapy, medication and support.