I’ve not had great luck with broken limbs in the ER. I try to get directly to my orthopedic/sports medicine group because that is where I will get care and ongoing follow up anyway. Sadly, I have a long standing relationship with one because I have and ride horses.
I save ER for heart, breathing, consciousness issues.
A lot of hospitals have walk-in orthopedic hours to try to decompress the emergency department as there have been so many issues with overcrowding. If it’s something that will be a cast last without a lot of immediate manipulation, your strategy is excellent! Horseback riding definitely gives you plenty of joy and sometimes reasons to have longstanding relationships with the orthopedists.
Great article! I've incorporated both your posts about how to be a successful patient into my article on patient advocacy:
https://drmick.substack.com/p/patient-advocacy
Wow! Thanks so much
I’ve not had great luck with broken limbs in the ER. I try to get directly to my orthopedic/sports medicine group because that is where I will get care and ongoing follow up anyway. Sadly, I have a long standing relationship with one because I have and ride horses.
I save ER for heart, breathing, consciousness issues.
A lot of hospitals have walk-in orthopedic hours to try to decompress the emergency department as there have been so many issues with overcrowding. If it’s something that will be a cast last without a lot of immediate manipulation, your strategy is excellent! Horseback riding definitely gives you plenty of joy and sometimes reasons to have longstanding relationships with the orthopedists.
They are on speed dial lol🤣
Thanks. That was very helpful
Thank you so much! We really appreciate you taking the time to say so.
Very helpful!!
Thank you Gloria!