Dr. David J Schimp does not treat acute emergency health conditions. If you or someone you know is experiencing a medical emergency dial 911 immediately. 

Symptoms of a stroke include drooping on one side of the face, weakness in an extremity or abnormal speech.  Prompt treatment may improve outcomes.  Do not delay in calling 911 for emergency medical assistance.

Symptoms of heart attack can be subtle.  A sense of painful indigestion, aching pain in your mid-back and pain or numbness in your face and arm can signal that a heart attack is occurring.  Do not delay in calling 911 for emergency medical assistance.

A swollen leg, difficulty breathing and a sharp pain in your chest can occur with pulmonary embolism.  Prompt treatment is necessary.  Do not delay in calling 911 for emergency medical assistance.

If you are uncertain of what to do when you or someone you know is experiencing troubling symptoms do not delay in calling 911 for emergency medical assistance.

NOTICE OF PRIVACY PRACTICES

PERSONAL INFORMATION.

A visitor can access and browse our entire site at any time without providing any personal information. We do not collect information that would personally identify you unless you choose to provide it.

In addition, Dr. David J Schimp does not share any personally identifiable information of any individual with any third party unrelated to Dr. David J Schimp, except in situations where we must provide information for legal purposes or investigations, or if so directed by the patient through a proper authorization.

Forms

Our website contains forms through which users may request information or supply feedback to us. In some cases, telephone numbers, email addresses or return addresses are required so that we can supply requested information to you, and in other cases, correct names and addresses are required to process credit card payments.

After you fill out a form, we may contact you with follow-up information (unless you have checked an "opt-out" box on the form). We do not provide any information supplied on our web forms to any outside organization for any reason (other than where we may be required to by law, or as necessary to process credit card information). We do not save this personal information for any other reason.

Surveys

Occasionally, we may survey visitors to our site. The information from these surveys is used in aggregate form to help us understand the needs of our visitors so that we can improve our site. We generally do not ask for information in surveys that would personally identify you. If we do request contact information for follow-up, you may decline to provide it. If survey respondents provide personal information (such as an email address) in a survey, it is shared only with those people who need to see it to respond to the question or request.

Email

"Phishing" is a scam designed to steal your personal information. If you receive an email that looks like it is from Dr. David J Schimp asking you for your personal information, do not respond. We will never request your password, user name, credit card information or other personal information through email.

User Name and Password

In the event you access any service requiring a User Name and Password, you are solely responsible for keeping such User Name and Password strictly confidential.

NON-PERSONAL INFORMATION

DoctorSchimp.com collects non-personal information such as website usage, traffic patterns, site performance and related statistics based on our tracking of your visits to the website.

IP Addresses

The web server automatically collects the IP (which stands for Internet Protocol) address of the computers that access our site. An IP address is a number that is assigned to your computer when you access the Internet. It is not truly personally identifiable information because many different individuals can access the Internet via the same computer. We use this information in aggregate form to understand how our site is being used and how we can better serve visitors.

Please note that although such information is not personally identifiable, we can determine from an IP address a visitor's Internet Service Provider and the geographic location of his or her point of connectivity.