Triage Care
Emergency
For emergency/life threatening situations please dial 911.
Triage Care during operating hours, weekendsDuring regular operating hours and weekends, students who require immediate care for acute illnesses or injuries may be seen in the triage care clinic. Students are triaged and treated according to severity or urgency of their condition.
Triage Care after hours
Students who are in need of non emergency care after the Student Health Service is closed are encouraged to call the after hours nurse concerning their need. You can reach this service by calling the main Student Health Service Number (252) 328-6841 and waiting for the service to pick up at the end of the message. This is a free service provided to ECU students. The after hours nurse can make general assessments of a patient's medical needs and make appropriate recommendations regarding self-care or referral to Student Health Service on the next working day or give advice to be seen immediately at a local urgent care facility or the Emergency Room at Pitt County Memorial Hospital.
Typical medical conditions requiring Triage Care Services would include but not be limited to:
- Acute, disabling injury or pain
- Illness with temperature greater than 102° F
- Lacerations of acute penetrating wounds
- Fainting episodes
- Acute chest pain
- Urgent asthma attacks or breathing difficulty
- Contagious illness (Measles, Chicken Pox)
- Urgent bleeding
- Seizures or urgent head injuries
- Urgent burns
- Rape
- Poisoning
- Urgent abdominal pain
- Possible drug reactions
- Urgent nausea/vomiting/diarrhea
