Seeking Care

Go to your primary Physician If:

• If you are mildly ill
• to alleviate overcrowded Emergency Rooms
• If you are not sick with the flu and visit the emergency room, you are at risk catching it from those who have it.

Go to the Emergency Room If:

• Children:
  • Fast breathing or trouble breathing
  • Bluish skin color
  • Not drinking enough fluids
  • Not waking up or not interacting
  • Being so irritable that the child does not want to be held
  • Flu-like symptoms improve but then return with fever and worse cough
  • Fever with a rash
• Adults:
  • Difficulty breathing or shortness of breath
  • Pain or pressure in the chest or abdomen
  • Sudden dizziness
  • Confusion
  • Severe or persistent vomiting
  • Flu-like symptoms improve but then return with fever and worse cough