After Hours

We Provide After Hours Help

A phone nurse is available during office hours to answer any routine questions you might have about your child. If the office is closed and you have an urgent question, an on call triage nurse is available to assist you with an urgent matter. They can contact the on call doctor if necessary. 

Emergencies

If an Emergency Should Arise, Please Call 911.

Emergencies are considered to be those conditions that are life-threatening: loss of consciousness, severe bleeding, seizure, etc. In the case of minor emergencies (lacerations, cuts, mild fractures, sprains), please call our office first for instructions.


Suicide & Crisis Hotline - Help is available 24/7, Call 988


If your child is experiencing any of the following symptoms, go directly to the Emergency Room:


  •   Rectal temperature of 100.4 or above in the infant 8 weeks or younger.
  •   Breathing difficulties at any age, including gasping, grunting, blue lips, or asthma symptoms not responding to treatment. Call 911 for severe respiratory distress.
  •   Accidental drug or poison ingestion. Call Poison Control Center 1-800-222-1222.
  •   The child who is threatening to severely hurt or kill himself or others.
  • Any laceration (wide, gaping wound that continues to bleed) that requires sutures. 
  •   Head injury that resulted in a loss of consciousness. 
  •   Headache causing confusion, vomiting or blurred vision. 
  •   Tender belly, to the point where the child adamantly refuses to let you touch. 
  •   Painful or swollen/bluish testicles or scrotum 
  •   Inability to arouse your child. 
  •   Severe allergic reactions involving severe swelling, or difficulty breathing or swallowing

 

SERIOUS CONCERNS: Call right away, so we can see your child on a priority basis or possibly refer you to the emergency room.


  •    Sick newborn-this includes not eating, not looking or acting “right” or crying that is not consolable. 
  •   Lethargy-awake but will not take fluids or food, play, or interact with parents
  •   Severe pain 
  •   Child who can’t or won’t walk
  •   Labored breathing-looks like child is working hard to breathe (using belly muscles) 
  •   Dehydration-dry eyes, sticky, dry mouth, darker very little urine
  •   Any severe injury
  •   Prolonged vomiting and a child under 2 years of age


 If you have questions about your child’s symptoms or you need to schedule a sick visit, call our office.