Do you have any of the following symptoms that require emergency treatment? Call 911 or other emergency services immediately.

• Neck pain that spreads from the chest area with other symptoms of a heart attack
• Severe neck injury, such as an injury caused by a:
  • •Motor vehicle accident
  • •Fall from a height of 15 ft or more
  • •Major sports-related injury
  • •Direct blow to the head or neck
  • •High-energy blow to the top of the head
  • •Penetrating injury, such as a stab wound or gunshot wound
  • •Strangulation
• Signs of a spinal cord injury:
  • •New weakness or inability to move an arm or leg
  • •New continuous numbness of one or both arms or legs
  • •New loss of bowel or bladder control
• A decrease in level of consciousness:
  • •Failure to respond to touch or voice
  • •Extremely groggy, drowsy, or hard to wake up
  • •Extremely confused or fighting
• Signs of shock:
  • •In a child
  • •In an adult and older child
• A rapidly forming swelling or lump in the throat that is causing any difficulty breathing:
  • •In a child
  • •In an adult and older child