Knock on effects of NHS Issues - Not good

[cptsideways]

3rd of Jan, wifey fell off a horse & islocated a shoulder called 999 waited an hour for an ambulance to arrive & nothing, called again, 999 said ambulance had not been even been dispatched & they could not guarantee one soon. So they advised she be taken to the local minor injuries unit by car. (All of this in extreme pain)

Gets to the local minor injuries unit & the specialist there advised they could not put it back in without anesthetic, they called an ambulance to take her to Salisbury District Hospital. Eventually after 5 Hours!! an ambulance arrives & with good dose of morphine she gets taken to Salisbury & its put back in under anesthetic.

That's not the worst of it though & it looks like a very lengthy recovery is now on the cards.

[The Vambo]

Bit of a bugger but thats triage for you.

[Riley Blue]

Badly engineered things horses - iffy brakes and suspension, rudimentary steering and a high centre of graviy; no wonder they're sometimes uncontrollable.

Hopefully eleven days later she's feeling a bit better, your wife that is.

[vx220]

The Vambo said:

Bit of a bugger but thats dressage for you.

Ftfy

Hope your wife feels better, one of the kids I work with did similar at football on Wednesday, he's normally a brave-face kinda guy but is struggling with this one

[272BHP]

Would it not have been better and more appropriate to have simply driven her to A+E in the first place?

Dislocated shoulders should not be bothering ambulances I would have thought.

[cptsideways]

272BHP said:

Would it not have been better and more appropriate to have simply driven her to A+E in the first place?

Dislocated shoulders should not be bothering ambulances I would have thought.

In Hindsight yes, though she was in agony with any movement of it. When at the first hospital they gave her gas & wouldn't administer morphine or other drugs to get her to the next hospital in a car.

To be fair the specialist she since seen says its the worst case he's seen in some time.

[272BHP]

I hope she recovers fully. Shoulders are complicated structures so I would suggest taking as much time as possible.

[so called]

cptsideways said:

3rd of Jan, wifey fell off a horse & islocated a shoulder called 999 waited an hour for an ambulance to arrive & nothing, called again, 999 said ambulance had not been even been dispatched & they could not guarantee one soon. So they advised she be taken to the local minor injuries unit by car. (All of this in extreme pain)

Gets to the local minor injuries unit & the specialist there advised they could not put it back in without anesthetic, they called an ambulance to take her to Salisbury District Hospital. Eventually after 5 Hours!! an ambulance arrives & with good dose of morphine she gets taken to Salisbury & its put back in under anesthetic.

That's not the worst of it though & it looks like a very lengthy recovery is now on the cards.

Yes, very poor and a very unpleasant experience for your Wife.
My daughter dislocated her shoulder several times playing netball.
It became so bad, it would simply fall out reaching for the TV remote.
The local hospital accused her of dislocating it on purpose and would refuse to put it back in.
She had to go to the neighbouring authority hospital, who, in the end developed the same attitude.
Finally and fortunately she was referred to the Royal Orthopedic Hospital, Stanmore.
Wonderful.
They operated December 2015. Still problems but way better than it was.

My advise, your Wife MUST give it time to fully heal, no if's or buts.

Edited by so called on Sunday 15th January 04:23

[Jefferson Steelflex]

OP - read my thread on my recent dislocation, as the treatment and rehab might contradict what your wife is told by the doctors etc. I updated it last week so it's fairly recent.

Key message - get it out of the sling as soon as possible, it will speed up recovery.