M daughter, who is due with her first baby in April, fell at work today on her stomach. She thinks she may have broken her arm. She was told to go to the women’s center at the hospital. She did and they checked and said the baby was ok. They never did anything about her arm. Nothing. They just let her out and my daughter went home thinking she would just put some ice on it and it would be ok. She sent me a pic and it looks bad. She said the nurse at the women’s center told her to go to the ER. Is it protocol for this to happen? For them to not even look at her arm or have someone else do it? If she had been shot in the face and was pregnant, would they have just checked on the baby and then released her? This just doesn’t seem right at all. I am a caregiver and am unable to leave my patient. I want to call them and give them the business. I can’t imagine how they can do this. She is only 19 years old.
BUT obviously they are not equipped to take care of a broken arm at the women’s center at the hospital , that is why she was directed to go to the ER about her arm . She was already at the hospital . Your daughter should have gone to the ER as directed. I’m sure your daughter’s vital signs were checked and they felt she was able to get to the ER on her own . Had she been in shock they would have gotten help to get her wherever they felt she needed to be .
Obviously if your daughter was shot in the face she wouldn’t go to the women’s center for that . She would go to the ER. That’s a ridiculous comparison by the way . Get used to it , medical care is very specialized . If you go to a cardiologist he/she won’t address the fungus on your toenail , broken arm or whatever else you happen to have .
Your daughter is an adult , she chose not to follow directions to go to the ER . If she’s adult enough to be pregnant she doesn’t need her Mommy calling up the women’s center to complain .
First, take your daughter to the ER, get her checked by an ER doc.
Protocol, pregnant or not, if someone falls at work, that could very well be deemed a 'Worker's Comp' complaint.
Going to the ER (like, right now) and keeping all the records (and any video surveillance!) and make a case for her bills to be paid.
I'm glad the baby is OK. They really are pretty well-protected in utero.
Your daughter could well have a broken arm that needs to be set and watched. She may need time off from work.
So--IMHO, what they did was the opposite of protocol. It was lazy and sloppy and possibly dangerous.
Support your daughter, but let her be her own mouthpiece. At 19, and almost a parent herself, she needs to learn how to 'adult' and this is a good time.
I just went through this when I fell and broke my wrist. I went to the Urgent Care . They did take X-ray's they did cast (half cast to support and protect) it and told me that I would probably need surgery and I should go to the ER.
At the ER they tried to re align, they re casted it and told me that I would need surgery and to call the ortho the next day. There were no ortho doctors available. (could not get in to due to poor weather and traffic conditions. thank you polar vortex)
Please keep us posted as to how her arm is.
You, by the way are not a "madwoman" you are a mom worried about her "baby" and your grandbaby.
At any age, a fall with injuries can render the patient temporarily unable to make wise choices. A sort of "shock", due to pain, or whatever reason.
It is important to understand why she fell in the first place. imo.
Now, send your daughter off to the ER as instructed. Have a friend take her?
That simple.
Your calling the hospital will get you written off as a "madwoman", but hey, go for it. Maybe they will think twice of immediate xrays next time.
Do know, that when you ask any nurse what to do, he/she will almost always tell you to go to the doctor/hospital. A normal person may say "wait and see" but a nurse can lose her license for saying "probably nothing--wait and see". So a nurse will send you to hospital, which is what I am doing.
Look at it this way. Baby on swing falls off. Seems fine. Parents ask a nurse "what should I do". Nurse will likely say "go to hospital". Because if that baby doesn't wake up that night because of a bleed in the brain? Just not worth a risk. The nurse will say "get thee to medical care".