Your First Visit

When to call Oklahoma Cancer Specialists and Research Institute

Call the Triage RN at the first sign of a problem. Problems are easier to manage the earlier they are addressed. The phones are answered 24 hours a day.

• Call us immediately to report an oral temperature of 100.5 or higher (day or night), or if you experience hard shaking chills.
• Report worsening or severe difficult breathing.
• Report chest discomfort.
• Report persistent symptoms of bleeding which include: increased bruising; blood in urine, vomit or stools; dark tarry stools; coughing up blood or bleeding that won’t stop.
• Report nausea or vomiting NOT relieved by anti-nausea medications.
• Report any symptom of severe pain NOT relieved by pain medications.
• Report if you have more than 6 diarrhea stools in 24 hours NOT relieved by anti-diarrhea medications.
• Report new or increasing confusion or altered mental status changes including: double or blurred vision; loss of balance; loss of movement of arms or legs; difficulty speaking; or loss of words.
• Report abnormal swelling in the neck, arms or legs on one side or both.

Call 911 or proceed to your local emergency room if you feel you are experiencing a life-threatening condition or instructed by the Triage RN.