Texoma Medical Center HealthNews
Texoma Medical Center HealthNews

Quiz: Do You Need Emergency Care?

Photo of a womanWhen an accident happens, try to keep your cool. You'll need to make a quick and accurate decision on whether to seek emergency care. If you aren't sure, call 911 and speak to a professional.

Get Emergency Care or Treat at Home?

For each of the following scenarios, select the best answer.
  1. You burn your hand on the stove.
    a) Emergency
    b) Treat at home

  2. A friend cuts his or her hand, and the edges of the wound are jagged.
    a) Emergency
    b) Treat at home

  3. A loved one has chest pain.
    a) Emergency
    b) Treat at home

  4. Your little one gets a nosebleed.
    a) Emergency
    b) Treat at home

  5. An older relative seems suddenly confused and has trouble speaking.
    a) Emergency
    b) Treat at home

Check Your Answers

  1. Treat at home. But if the skin looks white or charred, go to the Emergency Department.
  2. Emergency. The same is true if the wound is deep or won't stop bleeding after 10 minutes of direct pressure.
  3. Emergency. Although this could be heartburn or another non-emergency problem, it's better to be safe.
  4. Treat at home. But get help if bleeding doesn't stop after 15 minutes, or if the nose starts bleeding after an injury.
  5. Emergency. These could be signs of a stroke.

IMPORTANT NOTE FOR EMERGENCY PATIENTS

Starting Sunday, Dec. 27 at 7:30 am, patients who need emergency care should go to the Emergency Department (ED) at the NEW Texoma Medical Center on Highway 75 and 691. The ED at the old facility will be closed to ambulances starting at 7:30 am that day. All ambulances that come to the old ED will be rerouted to the new facility.

On Dec. 27, the ED at the old hospital will be fully operational with staff, phones and equipment until the last patient at the old facility is transferred out on that day. During the transition period, patients who come to the old ED will be evaluated by a physician. If their condition is stable, they will be directed to drive to the new hospital. Patients needing immediate emergency attention will be stabilized and transferred to the new hospital by ambulance.

TMC will run newspaper and radio ads, display posters and distribute flyers to inform the public of this change. Once the full hospital move is completed on the 27th, the ED at the current facility will be closed. Barriers and signs will be placed at the old ED to indicate it is closed and direct patients to the new location.

New hospital address:

5016 S. US Hwy. 75
Denison, TX 75020