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a woker at Upenn fell off a building and shattered the bones in his arm and hand. Upon arriving to Upenn hospital (a great one) they told him he would never ha
by autokad 9y ago
a woker at Upenn fell off a building and shattered the bones in his arm and hand. Upon arriving to Upenn hospital (a great one) they told him he would never have functional use of his hand again (bad for someone in this line of work).
somehow he knew senior orthopedics doctor that did most of his work with Pitchers for the Phillies, and he refused treatment until this doctor arrived. Somehow not receiving medication for the pain was all part of this, but he endured.
now he has nearly full use of his arm and hand, and the orthopedics doctor told him if he let the ER docs touch him, he never would have used that hand again.
Yes, it makes a difference.
Furthermore, and if you dont like it, advocate for more doctors and accountability for sub par care.
- WkndTriathlete 9y agoI think that's just the difference between ER docs - who are, by their nature, generalists - and specialists. The main problem is that a specialist isn't being consulted during the ER visit for cases that are outside the scope of the ER docs' knowledge. I think if the ER docs are at the point of saying "yes, we can 'kind' of fix it but not back the way it was" that should trigger an automatic specialist referral.