MISSION STATEMENT
To provide quality medical care in a compassionate environment.
To interact with students in a manner that will teach them how to interact
with the healthcare system in the future.
To begin a dialogue with students on how to make healthy choices in life
with regard to diet, exercise, sleep, relaxation, interpersonal relationships,
tobacco use, alcohol use, drug use, and receiving immunizations.
FLU INFORMATION FOR STUDENTS
SYMPTOMS OF FLU:
- Fever 100.5° to 105°
- Fatigue
- Headaches
- Bodyaches
- Dry Cough
- Sore Throat
- Chills
HOW TO CARE FOR YOURSELF IF YOU HAVE THE FLU:
- Stay in your room or go home for first five days of your illness (this is when you are contagious).
- Have friend obtain food for you from dining hall with sick tray forms (download forms from Residence Life website).
- Be careful coughing around others. Use hand sanitizer before touching others and their belongings during the first five days of illness.
- Notify your professors of your illness. If needed, we will send your professor notes for first five days that you are sick with the flu.
- Drink plenty of water, caffeine-free soda, or fruit juice.
- Eat small amounts of food, even if not hungry.
- Treat your fever, bodyaches, and headache with Ibuprofen (Advil, Motrin) 400mg every six hours, OR Acetaminophen (Tylenol) 650mg every four hours, OR Acetaminophen (Tylenol Extra Strength) 1000mg every six hours.
- If instructed to do so by Health Center staff, treat your cough with Robitussin DM, 2 tsp. every four hours as needed.
WHEN TO COME TO THE HEALTH CENTER
- Fever greater than 101.5° and very fatigued
- You have Diabetes, cardiac disease, pulmonary disease, kidney disease, immunosuppression, pregnancy, or hemoglobin abnormalities
- You are having difficulty eating or drinking
- You are not coping well with symptoms
STUDENT HEALTH SERVICES HOURS
Monday - Friday
8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.: Phone calls are welcome and doors are open
4:30 p.m. to 5 p.m.: Doors are closed and staff are finishing the care of those who
contacted Student Health Services prior to 4:30 p.m.
INTER-SESSION AND SUMMER HOURS
Monday - Friday
8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.: Phone calls welcome and doors are open
3:30 p.m. to 4 p.m.: Doors are closed and staff are finishing the care of those who
contacted Student Health Services prior to 3:30 p.m.
PHONE: 845-257-3400 FAX: 845-257-3415
EMERGENCIES
DIAL 911 (This will allow students to receive immediate medical attention)
NON-EMERGENCIES AFTER HOURS & WEEKENDS
CALL: 845-257-3400
EMERGENCIES
On-campus students: contact University Police 845-257-2222 or 911
Off-campus students: call 911
LOCATION
Student Health Services is located in the round building across from Gage Hall. The building houses both Student Health Services and the Psychological Counseling Center, which are separate services.
ELIGIBILITY FOR SERVICES
In order to be eligible to use Student Health Services (SHS), students must be registered for classes. Submission of the Health Report (HR) helps the SHS staff obtain important background medical information about the student. It is therefore recommended that the student submit a HR 30 days prior to starting college, but it is no longer a requirement for use of the health center.
SCOPE OF PRACTICE
Student Health Services provides non-emergency primary medical care for problems that occur while college is in session. SHS provides care with an emphasis on preventative health care.
For routine matters such as scheduling appointments for non-urgent, non- emergency reasons, students need to call during our regular business hours.
If a student has an urgent medical problem that they feel cannot wait for our regular office hours, and they are not sure how to proceed, they may reach the on-call physician by calling 257-3400. The on-call physician is available to discuss urgent medical questions with students by telephone and to help the student caller identify his or her options for care.
Some students, because of the nature of their problems, require comprehensive health care which cannot be provided at SHS. Following initial evaluation at SHS, those students will need to secure off campus healthcare services while attending college. Students who require specialty physician care will be assisted by the Student Health Services staff in accessing this care in conjunction with their primary care medical provider (if they have one) and their insurance plan.
TRANSPORTATION TO/FROM OFF-CAMPUS MEDICAL FACILITIES
NON EMERGENCY TRANSPORTATION
The Health Center does not provide transportation to off-campus medical facilities. When a student is referred by the SHS to an off-campus medical facility, he or she may use vouchers from the SHS for taxi service to get to the recommended medical treatment facility. The student must reimburse the Campus Auxiliary Services for the voucher within 30 days. After hours, when this transportation is authorized, vouchers may be obtained from University Police or from a RA.
EMERGENCY TRANSPORTATION
The SHS will when indicated activate their emergency 911 system to transport a student to a local emergency room.
