We had the pleasure of spending this afternoon in A+E, dp had dislocated his shoulder.
Dp was in lots of pain, he couldn't walk, his arm was hanging down and he was crying, shaking and almost loosing consciousness.
We had to wait for ages, first for an x-ray and then for a Dr to give pain relief and eventually attempt to put the shoulder back in.
People kept saying to me "oh you should have called an ambulance, you would have been seen right away" "poor guy go and tell them he needs to be seen now"
When we eventually went in the lady in the next cubicle had bruised her foot, she had come in by ambulance so been taken directly in. She was happy as could be, chatting to us asking dp ( who couldn't speak easily) what was wrong with him.
Aibu to think that all patients should be judged on pain and severity of injury rather than method of arrival to casualty.
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elfsmamma · 27/12/2013 19:51
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