Immediate Life Threatening Emergencies: Call 911
Conditions potentially needing immediate care, such as high grade bleeding, trouble breathing, chest pain, severe pain or loss of consciousness require immediate evaluation in a hospital emergency department. In this situation you should call 911 for assistance with emergency medical transportation unless you are certain that private transportation to the emergency department is safe and appropriate.
Digestive Health After Hours On-Call Physician: Call 970.385.4022
Established patients needing urgent assistance should contact our on-call doctor through our office telephone system, following the prompts provided for emergencies. Please speak clearly and leave us your full name and telephone number. The on-call doctor will respond as quickly as possible. Our physicians will have your Digestive Health Associates and Mercy Regional Medical Center electronic medical records available to them, provided that they have access to a computer and internet connection at the time of your call.
Mercy Regional Medical Center Emergency Department: Call 970.764.2100
Mercy Regional Medical Center staff should contact the on call doctor through the physician's cell phone or home telephone number, as maintained on the hospital emergency access roster.
Digestive Health Call Schedule
Please be aware that the call schedule posted below does not reflect limitations in immediate availability that may occur from time to time when the on-call physician is attending to direct patient care responsibilities which may preclude the receipt of telephone calls. While one of us will be available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, to address the needs of established Digestive Health patients, there are times that a gastroenterologist is not immediately available for emergencies at Mercy Regional Medical Center.
Text message the on-call Digestive Health physician (for office, hospital and physician use)
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*No GI means that no Digestive Health physician is providing backup Emergency Department call for Mercy Regional Medical Center during the specified block of time. A physician may or may not be available at Digestive Health's office, but some coverage of the practice for established Digestive Health patients will be available.
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