To want him to go to A&E?

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Earlier my partner knocked his hand on the worktop in the kitchen. His knuckle is now swollen and he said it's painful. He won't go to A&E though as he says he's ‘fine’.

Aibu to insist he goes?

I’m sure nothing can be done for a broken finger, I could be wrong. Ring 111.
YABU to just go to A&E.

Hes an adult. He knows how his hand feels & says he doesn't need A&E. Leave it at that

How are you going force him to go exactly anyway ?

@TwoLeftSocksWithHoles

If there is no 'minor injuries unit' nearby they may able to get an air ambulance to you.

Could you perhaps layout a big H on the lawn with bedsheets?

Don’t be stupid.

A&e is for accidents as well as emergencies. If there’s no minor injury nearby, where else do you go?

OP, if it were me, I’d monitor it and see how it is over the next few days.

Well you did ask if you were being unreasonable...

Surely the injured person decides whether they need A&E?

@VaguelyInteresting

No, OP. That’s not an A&E situation.

It’s barely worthy of comment- unless in a MASSIVE drip feed, it turns out his job is catalogue model and he’s doing tea sets tomorrow, which require full extension of the little finger.

🤣🤣🤣

@myhobbyisouting

Banged his hand? No wonder A&E are in such a mess

This

Leave it and see if it improves over the next couple of days. I banged my little finger weeks ago and left it a week or so before going to minor injuries and that was only because the pain hadn't got any better. Still wasn't broken.
Minor injuries said if you've damaged your ligaments to expect pain for 2-3 weeks.

Ice it, elevate it and take some brufen and or paracetamol for pain see how he goes. If the finger is pink warm and doesn’t have reduced sensation I’m sure it’s fine, sore but fine. If it’s broken they’ll only buddy strap it to the next finger anyway. I’ve broken my pinky twice and some bones in my hand that’s all they did, was hardly worth going to minor injuries for tbh. Sure he’ll be fine op

No way would I go to A&E for something like that. people are always knocking their hands, wrists and knuckles and knees,and getting swelling and bruising afterwards, Things will usually subside after a while. It would be different if he had cut the end of his finger off,

A&E? Absolutely not. I'd not even bother a pharmacist for a swollen knuckle knocked on a kitchen worktop 😆

You are the person that other people with legitimate emergency medical needs hate in A&E

Rest, ice, paracetamol, see how it goes.

Are you sure that he 'knocked' it, and there's nothing more going on here?

A&e is for accidents as well as emergencies. If there’s no minor injury nearby, where else do you go?

Not banging fingers in counter top accidents. Where you would go for that is Asda for a pack of ibuprofen!

WTF. This isn't serious surely?

What would you expect them to do in A&E with his swollen knuckle OP? Kiss it better maybe

Why on earth would he go to A and E? Even if he’s broken his finger they will only strap it up which he can do at home.

If it starts going green and looks like it’s going to drop off in a day or two then go but otherwise YABU

A&E do nothing for a broken finger. Seriously, it's as someone said - not even worth a post. What do you think they will do?

@TokyoSushi

Rest, ice, paracetamol, see how it goes.

Are you sure that he 'knocked' it, and there's nothing more going on here?

I don't known as I wasn't there, but I'm not sure he'd lie about what happened

Ah ye gods, totally unreasonable.

Having said that, he might be like an ex-colleague of mine who tripped and fell, banging their little finger.

An impressive shoulder bandage and 6 WEEKS off work was the result of that, and yes, he was judged MASSIVELY by everyone picking up the slack.

A&e is for emergencies not a swollen knuckle😱 maybe walk in centre or minor injuries tomorrow if he can’t get a GP appointment, he said he’s fine though

I bet if the first response had been 'A&E now' the subsequent posts would have been very different.

@VaguelyInteresting
😂😂😂

This is my pet hate, ppl clogging up A&E unneccessarily.

I bet if the first response had been 'A&E now' the subsequent posts would have been very different.

For a sore knuckle - don't be daft! 😆

It's a knocked knuckle. It's fine. Plus a grown-up can make their own decision.

I wouldn’t go for that
And especially not without speaking to 111 first or going on their website