My Health
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My
Health
Volume 10, Issue 4 2011
Serving Indiana Members
Speak to a nurse 24/7
Problems don’t just crop up between
9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Sometimes you’re miles
from the doctor’s ofce. Or it’s late at night
when your child gets a high fever. What
should you do?
You can reach a registered nurse – for
free – anytime of the day or night from
anywhere in the U.S. Simply call the
24/7 NurseLine at
1-866-800-8780
.
Add this number to your cell phone
contacts today. If you have hearing or
speech loss, call
1-800-368-4424
.
Nurses have been carefully trained to
help you fgure out the care you need
or what to do next. A nurse on the
phone can help answer your questions
like: should you head to the nearest
emergency room? Or can treatment
wait until you get to your primary
medical provider, or PMP?
If you have a true emergency, always call
911 frst or go to the nearest emergency
room right away. A true emergency is a
condition that comes on suddenly and
shows severe symptoms.
If it’s not an emergency, call your PMP
or the NurseLine. One easy call can
help you make the right choice of where
to go and how to get the care you need.
Get your fu shot
To help keep you from getting the fu,
the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) recommends that
everyone 6 months and older get a fu
shot every year. Talk with your doctor
about other ways to make sure you stay
well during fu season.
The 2011 – 2012 fu shot protects
against H1N1 fu and the regular fu.
Get your shot early – it takes up to two
weeks to start protecting you. Children
ages 8 and younger need two doses if
they didn’t get at least one dose of the
2010 – 2011 vaccine. And they have to
wait at least 28 days after their frst
shot to get the second. Children in these
age groups will have no protection if
they don’t receive two shots.
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
website: CDC.gov/fu/about/qa/fushot.htm