NHS - Emergency admission

You must go straight to the nearest accident and emergency department if you suspect you need urgent medical attention.

For example

• If you think you might be having a heart attack — the symptoms to look out for include:
  • Crushing chest pain which may also move to your jaw or left arm, makes you feel sick, lasts for more than 15 minutes and isn't relieved by indigestion remedies
  • Shortness of breath
  • Sweating heavily
• If you have a deep wound, such as a stab wound
• If you are losing blood heavily
• If you are having problems breathing or if your lips are tinged blue
• If you may have broken a bone
• If you have a headache and/or flu-like symptoms combined with a rash that doesn't fade when you press a glass tumbler or finger against the rash (this is a symptom of meningitis)
• If you have an erection that won't go down after four hours (a condition known as "priapism")
• If you have acute pain in your testicles (you may have a condition known as "torsion")