To not take DS to A&E

[AtSea1979]

His teacher said to get it looked at but I doubt they'd do anything.

DS might have broken his finger, it doesn't look bent, it's swollen and sore though, he can't straighten the end joint. I doubt A&E would do anything other than splint it which I can do. AIBU not to take him and sit there for hours?

My son had a similar injury to his thumb a few years ago, he had a compound fracture of the tip and as it was bleeding it was classed as open and he needed antibiotics, if theres a chance there's a break and there's bleeding it's definitely worth having it checked because of the risk of infection. I'm glad there was no break OP but it's always worth checking with an injury like that in future.

It was broken a bit, I think, hard to tell. It was bleeding. The nurse told me to try and scrub it open again, not a chance of that happening!

My son is 11 and was fussing about me looking at it so I said ok if you won't let me change the dressing then please get it done at school as it's going to get infected that way you can get a second opinion too and if they aren't happy with it ask them to call me. Instead he did PE, writing, art with it and said it didn't hurt much hence me not taking him that day.

*the skin was broken a bit, not his finger