Pennsylvania Code
Title 55 - HUMAN SERVICES
Part III - MEDICAL ASSISTANCE MANUAL
Chapter 1221 - CLINIC AND EMERGENCY ROOM SERVICES
ADMINISTRATIVE SANCTIONS
Appendix A - MEDICAL EMERGENCY CARE SYMPTOMS
Universal Citation: 55 PA Code ยง A
Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 12, March 23, 2024
MEDICAL EMERGENCY
CARE SYMPTOMS
| Allergy Reactions, Acute (Except Allergy Tests) | Glaucoma, Severe Headache, Severe |
| Appendicitis, Acute | Heart Attack, Suspected |
| Asthma, Acute | Hemorrhage |
| Breathing Difficulties or Shortness of Breath | Hysteria Insulin Shock (Overdose) |
| Bronchitis, Severe | Kidney Stones |
| Bursitis, Severe Onset | Maternity Complications, such |
| Chest Pain, Severe | as Suspected Miscarriage |
| Choking | Pain, Sudden or Severe Onset |
| Colitis | Pleurisy |
| Coma | Pneumonitis |
| Convulsions and/or Seizures | Poisoning (including overdose) |
| Cystitis | Pyelitis |
| Dermatitis or Hives (Resulting from Internal or Unknown Causes) | Pyelonephritis (Shock) Spasms, Cerebral or Cardiac Spontaneous Pneumothorax |
| Diabetic Coma | Stomach Pains, Severe |
| Diarrhea, Severe | Strangulated Hernia |
| Drug Reaction | Stroke |
| Earache, Severe | Sunstroke |
| Epistaxis (nosebleed) | Swollen Ring Finger |
| Fainting | Tachycardia |
| Fecal Impaction, Severe | Thrombosis and/or Phlebitis |
| Food Poisoning | Unconsciousness |
| Frost Bite | Urinary Retention, Acute |
| Gall Bladder, Acute Attack | Vision loss, Sudden Onset |
| Gastritis | Vomiting, Severe |
| Gastro-intestinal Conditions Acute |
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