Call A&E immediately if the patient is experiencing the following:

• New stroke symptoms
• Severe chest pain
• Difficulty breathing
• Major injuries and broken bones
• Bruises and/or open wounds
• Heavy bleeding (e.g. bloody vomit or nose bleed)
• Sudden severe or growing abdominal pain
• Deteriorating consciousness level, sudden confusion
• Sudden severe headache
• High temperature of more than 38 °C in children under the age of three months
• Sudden allergic reaction
• Overdose or other toxic shock
• Eye injury

Urgent cases

If the patient’s condition is not life-threatening but requires urgent examination and treatment, call the A&E telephone helpline on +358 116 117.

Less serious and non-urgent cases

• Patients who require treatment within two or three days are treated at local health centres or at the hospital’s out-of-hours health centre.

• Always contact your local health centre first.

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