Where To Go: Urgent Care or Emergency?

Where Can You Go?

It's 9pm. Student Health is closed, and you're cold is getting worse. Where do you go?

Urgent care is a cross between an emergency room and a doctor's office. It costs much less to go to urgent care than the emergency room, so make sure that if your symptoms aren't too bad, you avoid using the emergency room.

Here's a quick list to help you decide which is the best place for you to go:

Emergency Room or Call 911:

• Chest pain with shortness of breath and/ or sweating
• Difficulty breathing
• Uncontrollable bleeding
• Trauma or head injury
• Sever injury, burns, or electrical shock
• Sudden dizziness, difficulty seeing, slurred speech, confusion, numbness, or paralysis
• Unconsciousness
• Poisoning
• Vaginal bleeding during pregnancy

Urgent Care:

• sore throats, coughs, congestion, fever less than 103 degrees, and other flu/ cold symptoms
• Mild or moderate asthma attacks
• Earaches and minor skin infections*
• Insect bites or rashes
• Bladder infections
• Sprains, strains, deep bruises
• Diarrhea*
• Pregnancy tests and physical exams

* If these symptoms seem severe, consider them an emergency

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UC San Diego Medical Center has both an emergency room and urgent care.

Both are located at 9300 Campus Point Drive

WHAT TO DO AFTER HOURS: New Free Nurse Advice Line

The UCSD Student Health Service is excited to announce the NEW After Hours Nurse Advice Line. Whenever the Student Health Service is closed, you can call our regular telephone number at 858-534-3300 and select the option for “after hours advice” to be connected with a CareNet registered nurse who will assist you in obtaining the appropriate care for your condition.

PC Wellness Center Survey - Win an iPod!

Calling all UC San Diego students, staff, and faculty...

Fill out the PC Wellness Studio survey (it takes 2-3 minutes) and you will be entered into a drawing for a chance to win an iPod shuffle or iTunes gift card!

Survey: http://studentvoice.com/ucsd/pricectrsurvey

Eating Vegan in the Dining Halls

It may seem like an impossible task--sticking to a vegan diet while living on campus--but HDH Registered Dietitian Becky McDivitt is here to dispell all those rumors and help students find vegan meal options.




At Full-Service Restaurants:
• Bean and rice burritos
• Portobello mushroom “burgers”
• Oatmeal with fruit
• Pasta with marinara sauce
• Baked potatoes
• Sliced veggies (in the refrigerated cases)
• Fresh fruits
• Hummus with vegetables or pita
• Peanut butter sandwiches
• Kidney beans, black beans, peas, lentils from the salad bar
• Vegetable and rice stir‐fry
• Fresh greens, vegetables, 3‐bean salads from salad bars and sandwich stations
• Tofu at the salad bar or from daily specials
• Check the daily vegetarian specials at each dining facility– some are vegan [menus are available online at http://hdh.ucsd.edu/diningservices/menu/dailyspecials.aspx



At Market Cafés (Earl’s Place, Plaza On the Side, Foodworx):
• Raw vegan ice cream
• Morningstar® frozen meals
• Organic soy delicious meals
• Kashi® and other cereals
• Tofurkey
• Vegan cheese alternatives
• Assorted breads
• Popcorn and assorted snacks
• Newman’s Own® products
• Amy’s® meals
• Canned beans
• Nature’s Path products
• Tomato and marinara sauces

For a full list of meal options for vegans, check out http://hdh.ucsd.edu/diningservices/images/vegan_diet.pdf

100% Free & Natural Ways to Beat Stress

Stress got you beat?
Here are some natural (and FREE) ways to show stress who's boss.

• See the glass as half full, rather than half empty.



• Be kinder than necessary--everyone is fighting some kind of battle.



• Do the things you're good at, and delegate the things you're not so good at.



• Read a poem aloud.



• Avoid comparing yourself to others--do the best YOU can do.



• Spend time with a child, an older person, or a pet. See the world through their eyes.



• When you plan your workday, it's better to get the 3 most important things done, than a bunch of unimportant things.



• Spend some time in silence everyday. This is time for YOU, to reflect, slow your breathing and just be in the moment.



• Call or do something for someone you care about.



• Give yourself something to look forward to each day.



• Watch a sunrise or a sunset.



• Put a notepad and a pen by your bed. If you wake up in the middle of the night with a worry, write it down so you don't forget, then go back to sleep knowing it won't be forgotten.
  
  

Conquering Smoking

Ideas from Ex-Smokers on How to Kick the Habit

When a craving hits or you want something to put in your mouth:

• Try toothpicks


• Inhale deeply through straws


• Snack on low-calorie foods like celery, carrots, apple slices, or sunflower seeds in the shell


• Keep a bottle of water handy, along with sugarless gum, candy, and popsicles.

When you want to do something with your hands:
Visit a quit-smoking site like Freedom From Smoking, http://www.lungsusa.org/ or http://www.smokefree.gov/

• Pick up a worry stone, paper clip, lucky charm, or coins


• Pet your dog or cat


• Play a musical instrument or a computer game


• Pull weeds, or do an arts & crafts activity

When you're bored or frustrated:

• Reveiw your list of reasons for why you want to quit smoking


• Call a former smoker or a telephone help line like 1-877-44U-QUIT or 1-800-No-Butts


• Write in a journal


• Clean out your closet


• Wash your car


• Plan a vacation with the money you're not spending on cigarettes

Did you know?
US health care costs related to smoking total $75 billion per year, or nearly $4,000 per adult smoker.

Iformation provided by hopehealth.com

Top 3 Health-Care Investments

Top 3 Health-Care Investments
50% of all health-care outcomes and costs are tied to behaviors. Do you have healthy habits?

1) Physical Activity- try to get at least 30 minutes of physical activity in a day. Take the stairs, walk instead of taking the car. You can get your 30 minutes in all at once, or spread it out over your day.

2) Eating Right- Not only are they more filling than cookies and crackers, fruits and veggies contain cancer-fighting compounds, can lower your cholesterol, blood sugar, and blood pressure. Cookies can't say that...



3) Stay Tobacco-Free- Smoking is the #1 cause of preventable death and increases your chances of lung cancer, as well as cancer in other organs. If you are a smoker and want to quit, there are lots of resources to help you succeed. Start at tobaccofreeca.com or 1-800-No-Butts


Information provided by hopehealth.com