• Girl, sits through three-hours of class after first-aiders don't spot her arm was broken
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[quote]A seven-year-old girl who fell from a climbing frame at school, had to sit through three hours of lessons in agony after teachers failed to spot it was broken. Sophie Raggatt was treated at lunchtime by two first-aiders who applied ice and said there was no reason to suspect it was broken. But her furious mother Alison, 35, said when she collected her daughter at 3.20pm her arm had swollen to twice its normal size. Furious: Alison Raggatt was astonished to find her daughter Sophie, 7, had been left in agony with a broken arm in school 'She was crying for me, but the school never telephoned me', said Mrs Raggatt from Tewkesbury. 'I was greeted by a pale, frightened child whose arm was twice its normal size. She must have been in terrible agony and she was clearly distressed. 'If they had the slightest reason or suspicion it was more than a sprain they should have got it checked out by a professional person, not by first-aiders. It's an appalling failure in their duty of care.' Sophie was taken to Tewkesbury Hospital, where her injured elbow was X-rayed and the break discovered. Alison said: 'The nurse said she didn't need a doctor to confirm the broken elbow - it was clearly cracked all the way through.' An investigation has been launched at Tewkesbury CofE School following an official complaint by Alison and her husband Paul. Headmaster Mr Holt said the first aiders 'had no reason to suspect the elbow was broken, but advised her to rest her arm in the afternoon.' He wished Sophie a full and speedy recovery, adding: 'Her teacher tells me she was occasionally uncomfortable, but wasn't making a fuss. 'The teacher asked Sophie if she would like to stay in during afternoon playtime and she stayed in for a short time before deciding to go out and play with her friends. 'At the end of the school day the teacher walked out with Sophie to talk to her mum. Sophie had a note for her parents from the first-aider. 'I have already started conducting a thorough investigation.' Medical practice dictates broken elbows are not plastered to reduce the risk of the joint seizing up. Sophie's arm is now in a sling and she is facing between four and six weeks off school. Alison said: 'We can't send her back until she's recovered, in case she gets accidentally pushed or shoved at school. 'When she sleeps she has to be propped up on a pillow, so it's a nightmare.' Mark Rickard, schools programme manager at Gloucestershire County Council, said: 'There are dozens of minor bumps, cuts and bruises in schools every day. Any school that suspects a serious injury would be expected to call the child's parent or carer.' [/quote] [url]http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1320109/Girl-7-sits-hour-class-agony-teachers-aiders-fail-spot-arm-broken.html[/url]
Fuck. Sounds painful.
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Wow, just... wow. Hod does someone trained in First Aid not know [I]what a broken fucking arm is?[/I]
[QUOTE=Madman_Andre;25377843]Wow, just... wow. Hod does someone trained in First Aid not know [I]what a broken fucking arm is?[/I][/QUOTE] Some fractures can be missed easily. I had a fractured knee cap but didn't realise it was broken until 6 weeks later. I played soccer every third day through those 6 weeks and not once did I think it was fractured. I just thought it was a joint pain. Ended up being in crutches for 3 months :saddowns:
I had an AMBULANCE ATTENDANT, tell me that after a rollover, there was no damage to my head and I'll be fine. Woke up the next morning with my eyes swollen shut, and my head swollen to the size of a basketball.
I guess the first-aiders were [i]broke[/i].
[QUOTE=Dlaor-guy;25378010]I guess the first-aiders were [i]broke[/i].[/QUOTE] That was [i]pun[/i]ishing
I went 2 weeks with a broken arm because the doctor I went to said it wasn't broken. One day during those two weeks I picked up my backpack with the injured arm and heard another crack, made it 10 times worse. I've never felt pain that bad before.
It's not like schools have a full medical staff. The two "first-aiders" were probably a school nurse and a teacher. Doesn't excues them from not getting her more help though.
Something similar happened to me when I was around that age, they noticed it might be broken but just kept yelling at me calling me a liar :frown:.
This kind of thing happens all the time depending on the type of fracture. Sometimes broken bones don't even hurt all that much
Aren't first-aiders supposed to easily spot the wound?
That's really sad. "first-aiders" shouldn't exist, they should be seen by a trained and licensed/certified nurse.
[QUOTE=DeveloperConsol;25378147]Aren't first-aiders supposed to easily spot the wound?[/QUOTE] First aid(er)s (or rather, paramedics) treat visible wounds and stabilize the patient on the way to hospital care. That's why it's called [I]first[/I] aid. If they don't see something, they can't treat it.
I would have walked into the office and used the phone. Why are kids so fucking scared of teachers and shit?
I sat my English literature GCSE with a fractured collar bone after falling off a climbing frame.
I didn't have to do any work in a maths class because I had a nose bleed.
[QUOTE=Murkrow;25378301]First aid(er)s (or rather, paramedics) treat visible wounds and stabilize the patient on the way to hospital care. That's why it's called [I]first[/I] aid. If they don't see something, they can't treat it.[/QUOTE] Oh, I read it as some staff watching the kids during their free time looked at it and said it was fine. It doesn't really sound like the people who looked at the girl were the actual nurse or whatever in the school. If they were then that's just pathetic.
I once had a shinbone fracture and still had to take part in P.E. because it had happened that day and I didn't have a note.
[QUOTE=Murkrow;25378301]First aid(er)s (or rather, paramedics) treat visible wounds and stabilize the patient on the way to hospital care. That's why it's called [I]first[/I] aid. If they don't see something, they can't treat it.[/QUOTE] A broken arm is pretty hard to miss if you are trained as a medic.
[QUOTE=The golden;25378416]She's seven goddamn years old. She's was in agony and probably confused as fuck.[/QUOTE] In that case fail, epic massive fail.
Woah, this pretty much happened exactly to me when I was in Year 2. Except I fell off of the monkey bars, broke my wrist and sat through 2 hours of lessons. My mum eventually came into the school to get me as I couldn't put my coat on in the cloakroom.
I guessed this would be something over here before I opened the thread. Our social services and child care on the whole are a disgrace.
I broke my hand and stayed in class and didn't go to doctor for like 3 days.
[QUOTE=James1o1o;25377472][url]http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1320109/Girl-7-sits-hour-class-agony-teachers-aiders-fail-spot-arm-broken.html[/url][/QUOTE] LOL! I know that school. I'm not from there but I'm from near it.
Poor kid, she's pretty tough, though. I'd be bawling if I broke my arm, let alone having it be broken for 3 hours with out any medical attention.
[QUOTE=Eluveitie;25377964]Some fractures can be missed easily. I had a fractured knee cap but didn't realise it was broken until 6 weeks later. I played soccer every third day through those 6 weeks and not once did I think it was fractured. I just thought it was a joint pain. Ended up being in crutches for 3 months :saddowns:[/QUOTE] I know what you mean, i walked on a fractured ankle for a week but i was only on crutches for 6 weeks.
[QUOTE=Bllasae;25379980]I broke my hand and stayed in class and didn't go to doctor for like 3 days.[/QUOTE] I'm sure you weren't a 7 year old girl when that happened... right?
If you so much as scrape a knee in America you get that shit sterilized immediately and bandaged up, then your parents get a call to let them know.
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