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Her standard was if there were not bones poking through the skin, or uncontrollable bleeding, we were good to go.
Actually, what was best about her as a mom was that she didn't panic at anything. There were six of us, and we had the usual spate of childhood illnesses (I'm talking the 1950s, well before many modern vaccines) and various accidents. Her attitude helped me a lot when I had kids. I had a visceral understanding that, yes, things can go wrong, but most things are not worth panicking over. So when my kid was sick, I worried every bit as much as any mom out there, but I understood that things would probably be just fine. And they were.
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