1/5 Christina W. 7 months ago on Google
My
husband
broke
his
leg,
arrived
at
the
ER
via
ambulance,
and
the
extent
of
how
bad
it
was
was
never
explained
to
him.
As
he
had
the
temporary
splint
the
EMTs
provided,
he
could
not
move
or
get
up
without
being
in
excruciating
pain.
He
told
a
nurse
he
was
in
pain
(8-9
on
the
pain
scale)
and
that
he
had
to
urinate,
and
it
was
over
2
HOURS
after
he
notified
her
that
he
was
brought
a
urinal
and
oral
pain
relief.
His
leg
was
then
set
by
an
RN
in
the
ER
10
minutes
after
he
received
the
oral
pain
killer-
before
it
kicked
in-
without
sedation,
blocking
etc,
and
was
told
to
“relax
the
muscle”
in
his
leg
that
had
5+
fractures
in
it
and
“breathe”.
We
were
then
to
be
sent
home
with
a
paper
prescription
for
narco,
but
after
spending
6
hours
in
the
ER
all
of
the
pharmacies
had
closed.
They
told
us
we
could
manage
his
shattered
leg
with
Tylenol
and
Advil
overnight.
When
I
said
I
was
not
comfortable
doing
that,
especially
with
our
stairs
to
get
into
our
house,
they
finally
relented
and
kept
him
overnight
for
pain
management.
He
had
had
only
had
a
snack
for
lunch
before
the
injury,
and
he
was
not
allowed
food
overnight
or
in
the
morning
because
he
was
told
ortho
may
do
surgery
on
it.
Ortho
then
reported
in
the
medical
file
that
they
came
in
at
7:30a
and
explained
everything
to
him
(THEY
DID
NOT),
which
my
husband
only
found
out
that
he
wasn’t
having
surgery
at
9:30
when
the
nurse
came
in
to
give
him
more
pain
medication
and
he
was
told
he’d
be
discharged
soon.
He
said
no
doctor
even
visited
him
let
alone
explained
what
was
happening.
Ortho
claimed
the
“closed
reduction”
done
by
the
RN
in
the
ER
was
adequate
and
that
they
would
send
him
home
with
18
hydrocodone
(enough
to
get
him
through
less
than
5
days
if
he
took
it
every
6
hours)
and
see
him
as
an
outpatient
in
7
days
for
an
X-ray
recheck,
and
if
needed
they
would
do
surgery
around
day
10
post
injury
(which
also
would’ve
been
thanksgiving,
so
we
know
that
surgery
wouldve
likely
been
put
off
to
two
weeks
post
injury).
They
also
then
tried
to
schedule
him
for
three
times
weekly
physical
therapy
STARTING
THAT
WEEK.
I
fail
to
see
how
physical
therapy
would
benefit
a
leg
fractured
in
6
places???
Thank
GOD
my
husband
is
a
veteran,
and
his
care
was
taken
over
at
James
A
Haley
VA
hospital
yesterday-
where
the
surgeon
did
a
CT
scan,
saw
the
extent,
kept
him
overnight
for
pain
management
and
operated
immediately
today.
There
are
over
15
fractures
affecting
5
different
bones
in
his
leg/ankle
and
2
torn
ligaments.
Yet
the
ortho
department
at
South
Florida
Baptist
thought
physical
therapy
would
fix
it.
I
am
absolutely
disgusted
at
both
the
incompetence
and
lack
of
quality
patient
care.