Originally Posted by NKSK version 2

Daughter (4 yrs) fell of the trampoline yesterday (yep, we are beating ourselves up about it and will continue to do so for a long time) - very obvious break of the wrist (ulna and radius).

Took her to PMH in Subiaco.

I suppose it reinforced my thoughts of the similarities between UK and Australia. Very similar experience to visits to UK hospitals.

A&E packed - 3 hour wait. Triage nurse obvlious to the pain that my daughter was in - dealing with someone who didn't look too distressed.

Anyhow, a very good nurse noticed my daughter within minutes and she was taken straight through. We spent two and a half hours in A&E being x-rayed, given morphine and, it has to be said, waiting for a doctor, operating theatre availability and a porter (a la NHS).

Finally taken up to operating theatre where things began to improve - primarily because my daughter was dosed up and went under for the theatre procedure.

My view on the following may change depending on if any complications develop. The surgeon was excellent, the anaesthetist superb the radiographer was excellent, the nurses in theatre and on the ward were excellent. I had full confidence in them.

I actually felt that the nurses were better than my expereinces in the UK primarily (I think) becauase their workload was lighter (and rightly so). They attended to my daughter every 20 minutes or so, checking her fingers administering pain killers etc and were excellent to me (I stayed overnight) also.

I felt that the ward was more dilapidated than I was used to in the UK. The nurse carried a huge torch on night duty (do they do this in the UK?!) which seemed a bit archaic but was no problem. Toilet in the ward was very clean but were pretty dire in the main hospital (even the ones next to theatre).

Medical insurance - I told them that we were with HBF when I arrived and just accepted that we were going to be out of pocket. But I don't know if we will be charged - the nurse asked me to sign a form and said that it would be all be covered by medicare - but I was in a bit of a dazed state so I'm not too sure.

My daughter was placed on a ward - I suppose I could have invoked the "We have private medical insurance and we'd like a single room" but I didn't - primarily because it was late, we were only going to be there for one night and I thought that it would be better for her if she saw other sick kids rather than be isolated.

One interesting point. I know from the experience of others that we would have been questioned quite intensely by authorities in the UK for injuries to a child. We never got asked a thing other than "how did it happen?"

Originally Posted by NKSK version 2

Trouble is, she didn’t lie – it was the two of us who were negligent.

Originally Posted by northernbird

Don't be too hard on yourself. My daughter once fell down the stairs in England, top to bottom. I was stood at the bottom and could do nothing. Even if you had been out in the garden chances are you wouldn't have been able to catch her.

Originally Posted by NKSK version 2

Trouble is, she didn’t lie – it was the two of us who were negligent.

Originally Posted by BadgeIsBack

There's a place in the England 11 for you northernbird.

You're being way too hard on yourself Nisky. Still, it gave me a tear in my eye when my daughter had a needle whacked in her.

It was probably quite obvious that you were not responsible for the injury.

Originally Posted by BadgeIsBack

There's a place in the England 11 for you northernbird.

You're being way too hard on yourself Nisky. Still, it gave me a tear in my eye when my daughter had a needle whacked in her.

It was probably quite obvious that you were not responsible for the injury.

Originally Posted by northernbird

tad inconsiderate don't you think. Huge difference between a major fracture of the wrist and subsequent surgery to a vaccination.

Originally Posted by Ozzidoc

I think that both of the examples given indicated that people can feel very strongly about any type of pain that their child might go thru, and that it doesnt matter how big or small a deal it might seem to someone elese, it is still distressing for the parents.

Originally Posted by northernbird

tad inconsiderate don't you think. Huge difference between a major fracture of the wrist and subsequent surgery to a vaccination.

Originally Posted by NKSK version 2

Live and learn - any way to get the thread deleted mods.?

Originally Posted by BadgeIsBack

Mods. It's too good a post to have removed. Just remove all my offending comments - and this one - but check with NKSK as to what he would like to do as its his call.

Apologies again.

B

Originally Posted by Pollyana

If you want a thread edited, please report it or pm one of us so that we know about it - its pure luck that I'm reading this, and we could easily have missed the request to edit!!!

Originally Posted by BadgeIsBack

sorry Poll. Sorry to you too. I don't know, I get a night off, and I'm off.
I'm firmly back in my basket.

Originally Posted by NKSK version 2

Thanks for the good wishes folks.

The fact that the two of us were in tears for most of the evening probably made the doctors realise that we felt complete and utter responsibility by not supervising her properly. Brings tears to my eyes just typing this....there's a lesson for you all - always, always, always supervise your kids on the trampoline. We were away for about 5 minutes. (scaling a bloody fish for dinner) - and only nipped inside because we had safety netting completely enclosing the trampoline and so felt that they were safe.

Thank God she didn't land on her head.

Originally Posted by BadgeIsBack

sorry Poll. Sorry to you too. I don't know, I get a night off, and I'm off.
I'm firmly back in my basket.