What qualifies as a medical emergency?
A medical emergency is a condition that manifests itself by acute symptoms of sufficient severity to lead a prudent layperson who possesses an average knowledge of health and medicine to reasonably conclude that a lack of immediate medical attention will likely result in any of the following: • Serious jeopardy to the person’s health, or with respect to a pregnant woman, serious jeopardy to the health of the woman or her unborn child; • Serious impairment to the person’s bodily functions; • Serious dysfunction of one or more of the person’s body organs or parts. Examples of emergency conditions include but are not limited to loss of consciousness, severe burns, severe pain, heavy bleeding, and possible heart attacks.
