Safety floor · Can't-miss emergencies

A safety screen that runs in every mode.

The safety floor is orthogonal to the bias controls. It triggers even though most emergencies are rare — and it runs in all modes, including the fallback path (SF-3). It is the one layer that is never skipped.

Guided Care is education only and does not diagnose. If you are experiencing a medical emergency, call your local emergency number now.
Three tiers

How urgency is escalated

SF-1Immediate threats
Chest pain, trouble breathing, severe bleeding, fainting, sudden weakness or trouble speaking, and similar can't-miss presentations.
Go to emergency now →
SF-2Urgent escalations
High fever, neurologic deficits, severe pain, or rapidly worsening symptoms that need to be seen quickly.
Same-day evaluation →
SF-3Non-urgent
Stable, mild, ongoing symptoms without red flags.
Routine follow-up →
The safety floor is orthogonal to the bias controls — it triggers independently of any specialty logic, and runs in all modes including the graceful fallback (SF-3).

Runs first, always

The screen executes before and independent of intake reasoning, so an emergency is never masked by a benign-leaning differential.

Independent of bias controls

Even if a bias-control gate fails, the safety floor still fires. The two systems do not depend on each other.

Clear next action

Every tier maps to one unambiguous instruction: emergency now, same-day, or routine follow-up.

Safety is a floor, never a ceiling.

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