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2009-06-22 -Short Attention Span Theater-

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Posted by Fred 2009-06-22 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 For those keeping score, Panadol is an OTC non-aspirin analgesic- Tylenol, in other words. What part of 'serious head collision' didn't set off alarm bells in the doctor's mind?

Posted by Free Radical">Free Radical 2009-06-22 09:16|| 2009-06-22 09:16|| Front Page Top

#2 No loss of consciousness? No documented neurological deficit?

I wouldn't have gotten an X-ray either.

That's part of the protocol these days.

Posted by Steve White 2009-06-22 09:24|| 2009-06-22 09:24|| Front Page Top

#3 I'd put this down to "bad luck", too. You can't X-ray after every time a boxer gets punched.

Posted by Anonymoose 2009-06-22 10:00|| 2009-06-22 10:00|| Front Page Top

#4 That's part of the protocol these days. Something's wrong with that protocol, then. I have only seen 2 cervical fractures in 20 years in the ER. One came in paralyzed from the neck down, in a C-collar on a backboard, that was obvious. The other one walked in with his head at a slight angle, c/o neck pain from an injury a couple of days earlier, with no history of LOC or neurological deficit. That fracture was significant & turned over to a neurosurgeon.
Then there was the story my friend the ex-cop told me. A pickup truck collided with something & a cop went out on the car. The driver was sitting on the truck's bed. He said a few words to the cop as he approached. The driver jumped down to the ground, collapsed & died immediately as he severed his own spinal cord from the fracture he had.
I wonder if the protocol will stand up in court as a defense for the "care-giver."

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2009-06-22 10:51|| 2009-06-22 10:51|| Front Page Top

#5 In the new socialized health care system in the U.S, Pandadol will become the treatment of choice for cancer, swine flu, other pandemics, black lung, heart disease, etc. The upside is that everyone can afford Panadol.

Posted by JohnQC 2009-06-22 10:53|| 2009-06-22 10:53|| Front Page Top

#6 Simply appalling. Everyone know you give antihistamines for a broken neck.

Posted by SteveS 2009-06-22 12:06|| 2009-06-22 12:06|| Front Page Top

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