Medical Emergencies and Life-Threatening/Serious Conditions include:
- Difficulty breathing for any reason
- Major injury (e.g., open chest wound with trouble breathing; spinal or neck injury with loss of sensation or motion; obvious fracture, especially with visible bone)
- Severe allergic reaction with throat swelling, severe asthma
- Unconsciousness or unresponsiveness
- Bee sting reaction (e.g., with hives or swelling of your whole arm or leg)
- Head Injury
For Medical Emergencies and Life-Threatening/Serious Conditions:
Call 911 (Dial 9-911 on University phones)
Immediate/Urgent Conditions include:
- Any acute injury with significant pain or swelling
- Possible fracture or dislocation
- Laceration (a cut requiring sutures)
- Animal bite, including non-human primate bite
- Needle stick or splash to mucous membrane of blood or potentially infectious body fluid
- Acute exposures to workplace hazards (chemicals, laser, radiation)
For immediate or urgent care, any employees/patients with occupational injuries or illnesses should proceed to:
For Stanford Historic-Campus
Stanford Hospital – ER
Marc and Laura Andreessen Adult Emergency Department
1199 Welch Road (Corner of Pasteur and Welch Road)
Stanford, CA 94304
Phone: (650) 723-5111
Fax: (650) 721-3448
Open 24-hours everyday
For Stanford Redwood City Campus
Kaiser Permanente – ER
1100 Veterans Blvd. 1st Floor
Redwood City, CA 94063
Phone: (650) 299-2200
Open 24-hours everyday
Non-urgent or Existing Injuries include:
- Aches or pain presenting for several weeks
- Bruises/scrapes
- Minor cuts
- Minor burns
- Allergies (without difficulty breathing)
for treatment as per their preference:
(408) 790-2912
(408) 228-8401
(408) 477-8081
See link for additional information:
Kaiser Permanente
Health Center (SUOHC) or SLAC Occupational Health