Albion

Student Health Services is located at 1003 E. Cass St., in the Cass St. Building. Our telephone number is 517/629-0220 or ext. 0220

Emergency Information

EMERGENCY CARE may be obtained by calling Campus Safety at ext. 0911 or 1234. For more, see Emergency Information.

If you, or someone you know, requires emergency medical care, on campus call 0911 or go to the nearest hospital emergency room.

Twenty-four hour a day emergency services can be accessed at Oaklawn Hospital in Marshall (12 miles) or Foote Hospital in Jackson (15 miles). If you have the following life-threatening symptoms, it is important that you receive emergency treatment immediately:

• No breathing or pulse
• Unconsciousness
• Difficulty breathing
• Severe bleeding
• Head or neck injury
• Choking
• Severe sudden onset abdominal pain
• Drug overdose or alcohol poisoning
• Displaced fracture
• Severe sudden onset testicular pain
• Diabetic emergencies

If you are on campus, you should call Campus Safety at x0911 or x1234 so that an ambulance can be contacted. If you are off campus you should call 911.

For symptoms that are not life-threatening, when Student Health Services is closed, call MY Nurse 24/7 (toll free) 866/549-5083 for advice from Registered Nurses and follow their instructions. In these situations Campus Safety can only transport you to a hospital after hours with prior authorization from MY Nurse 24/7.

H1N1 Flu Information

As at other colleges and universities around the country, Albion College is preparing for a potential outbreak of the H1N1 influenza virus on campus. The College’s Student Health Services staff are monitoring information from the national Centers for Disease Control and are also in contact with state, county, and local officials.

Detailed information on flu prevention and treatment is being distributed to the campus community and is available from Student Health Services.

Help protect yourself and others from illness! Please wash your hands!

Most germs are harmless, but you can pick up some that cause illnesses when you forget to wash your hands. Washing your hands, and washing them properly with soap and water is the most effective way to prevent the spread of germs. Spreading germs to others or giving them to ourselves happens when we touch our eyes, mouths, noses or wounds with unclean hands. Remember soap, water, friction and an adequate amount of time is what is needed to clean your hands. How long to wash? The time it takes to sing "Happy Birthday" is an adequate amount of time. Liquid alcohol based hand sanitizers are a good substitute for washing when soap and water are not available. Remember "Scrub well and Scrub often".

If you are having respiratory or stomach illness, remember to check out the Self-Care Guide on-line or contact MY Nurse 24/7 at (toll free) 866/549-5083 to speak with an after hours triage nurse.

Student Health Services Payment Policy

Student Health Services will no longer accept payments (Cash, Check, or Credit Card) for services not covered by the Student Health Insurance. Any and all charges incurred at Student Health Services will be posted to your student account. You can make payment in the accounting office located on the first level of the Ferguson Student Services Building.

Should you prefer to pay for services rendered and avoid the charges being posted to your student account, the balance will be due within 30 days of the date of service. A receipt for the amount due will be given to you at the time of service. The charges may be paid in the accounting office. If the balance is not paid within 30 days, the charge will be added to your student account as a "Student Health Services Charge".

Please feel free to contact Student Health Services with any questions or concerns regarding our new payment policy.

Student Health Services Quality Survey

Student Health Services is committed to providing the highest quality care possible. Please help us achieve our goals through your feedback. In order to protect your anonymity, there are no identifiers attached to this survey.

Your opinion matters to us, please take a few moments to fill out our anonymous Student Health Services survey today!

Consent is Sexy

Sexual assault is any unwanted sexual contact, that is coerced through threats or physical force, or any sexual contact that occurs while the victim is not able to give consent, such as while intoxicated.

To report a sexual assault, call any of these offices:

• Campus Safety at extension 1234 or 0911.
• Counseling Services at extension 0236
• Student Health Services at extension 0220
• Sexual Assault Services (toll free) 888/383-2192

You have the right to report a sexual assault.