On Thu, 10 Aug 2000, Seng, Dave wrote: > Mark (who is toying with us) wrote: > > > ER, with something related to the accident, but not > > neccessarily due to > > the first injury, HINT ;-) > > Mark, > > When they were treating your leg wound on the riverbank, did anyone check > to see if you were wearing any kind of Medical Alert bracelet or necklace? > (Note - this should be done as part of the full body assessment). Since you no full body assessment was ever done, not even at the ER, which i have mixed feelings about... nobody EVER did this to me ... not even the ER drs ... all _my_ focus was on my bloody leg, and what to do about it ... no other blood. ER drs ass-u-me-d i knew the extent of my injuries ... of course, from their side, they see me come in and calmly tell them i cut my leg!! they asked when, and i looked at my watch, checked the stop watch, and told them to the nearest 5 minutes, that it was 4 hours 25 minutes previously. seems organized and coherent to me ;-) i had bruised my ribs underneath my shoulder blade when i go slammed head first down the river... there was never any visible bruising, and once i got to the ER, i had an IV pain killer for the stitches, so never felt my back injury. it wasn't until i stopped taking hte pain killers that i realized there was a problem. i had expected to feel beat up, and i did, but i didn't know the extent of the problem... > were a conscious patient, did they query you regarding any allergies or > other existing medical conditions? > > Dave Seng > Juneau, Alaska i also have rheumatoid arthritis, and take handfulls of medicine every day [but i have now been steroid free for almost 18 months] which is more than just important!! i had to wear a medic alert tag for 14 years due to that very thing... i was alert, and able to tell folks that... but my mind tends to try & ignore muscle/joint pain, so i never felt my back problem... which made me really feel better, that i had a helmet & thick pfd, or it would have been more serious... but this was the step missed by everyone, because of my "alertness" etc, etc... now, had someone patted me on the back, BEFORE i got to the IV, i might have noticed a bit of a twitch... my wife said the muscle was standing up 2" [5cm] and having spasms when we got to the ER & the dr was doing the exam [the 2nd time, one week later] he knew i wasn't just a druggie looking for more pain killers!! [i do really look like a 60's throw back ;-]# very good, i'd like to have you on my trips too 8-) mark -- #-canoeist[at]dotzen[dot]org------------------------------------------- mark zen o, o__ o_/| o_. po box 474 </ [\/ [__| [__\ ft. lupton, co 80621-0474 (`-/-------/----') (`----|-------\-') #~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~ http://www.dotzen.org/paddler [index to club websites i administer] ---- A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner. -- English Proverb *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced/forwarded outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Thu Aug 10 2000 - 17:38:58 PDT
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