British medical treatment.

[Marcus]

Not at all. But, you also said they removed part of a splinter without any local numbing agent, and then told you that you might need to have a plastic surgeon put your child under general anesthesia to remove the remaining splinter part.

That's not normal, in my opinion.

I initially went into detail but then thought it would only result in giving me more anxiety so removed it.

I agree with you. I thought you were saying giving paracetamol before seeing the doctor was abnormal.

I will take her to the GP tomorrow to discuss it and find out whether she really needs antibiotics or not and just go through it all with them and see if they should have offered numbing cream. I do think it strange to put a kid under for a splinter but I assumed because the splinter was half the width of her palm that that was why. They managed to remove a large portion but the remaining part was furthest from the hole.

So, did they put her under general anesthesia or not? Your post is unclear.

[Gunnar]

My 6-year-old grandson shot himself in the hand with a BB gun. (Why his parents think having one is a good idea is a beyond me but...)

Anyways they took him to the ER where they were unable to get it out because of how deep it had penetrated, so they arranged for a surgeon to remove it the next day and they administered a general anesthesia to do it. His mother, an ER nurse, seemed unphased by the whole process.

for what it's worth

I'm glad it turned out all right. I think you meant "unfazed" rather than "unphased", though. Though those words sound the same, they have very different meanings. I suggest you look them both up. It is remarkable how many otherwise very literate people like yourself confuse those two words with each other. In fact, "unphased" is not even found in the dictionary I used, though "phased" is.

[Fence Sitter]

I'm glad it turned out all right. I think you meant "unfazed" rather than "unphased", though. Though those words sound the same, they have very different meanings. I suggest you look them both up. It is remarkable how many otherwise very literate people like yourself confuse those two words with each other.

Lol.

I initially typed in unfazed but misspelled it. Not bothering to check, I just retyped it with a 'ph', but thanks for the correction. I don't need to look them up as my problem is not so much with definitions as it is with speling.

[Gunnar]

I'm glad it turned out all right. I think you meant "unfazed" rather than "unphased", though. Though those words sound the same, they have very different meanings. I suggest you look them both up. It is remarkable how many otherwise very literate people like yourself confuse those two words with each other.

Lol.

I initially typed in unfazed but misspelled it. Not bothering to check, I just retyped it with a 'ph', but thanks for the correction. I don't need to look them up as my problem is not so much with definitions as it is with speling.

Understood! I thought that might possibly have been the case!

[IWMP]

I initially went into detail but then thought it would only result in giving me more anxiety so removed it.

I agree with you. I thought you were saying giving paracetamol before seeing the doctor was abnormal.

I will take her to the GP tomorrow to discuss it and find out whether she really needs antibiotics or not and just go through it all with them and see if they should have offered numbing cream. I do think it strange to put a kid under for a splinter but I assumed because the splinter was half the width of her palm that that was why. They managed to remove a large portion but the remaining part was furthest from the hole.

So, did they put her under general anesthesia or not? Your post is unclear.

No. I'm sure from the chats I made it clear she didn't.

[IWMP]

I initially went into detail but then thought it would only result in giving me more anxiety so removed it.

I agree with you. I thought you were saying giving paracetamol before seeing the doctor was abnormal...

I do think that! I've never experienced an er staff dispensing drugs before a patient is seen by a doctor. I also think there were many additional things about your daughters visit that I would have been very, very uncomfortable with.

I guess the main one for me is the recommendation to have a plastic surgeon put her under general anesthesia. For a splinter??!!! No.

Kids paracetamol is widely available. I've got some in the house. They don't need a doctor’s permission to provide that.

[Marcus]

I do think that! I've never experienced an er staff dispensing drugs before a patient is seen by a doctor. I also think there were many additional things about your daughters visit that I would have been very, very uncomfortable with.

I guess the main one for me is the recommendation to have a plastic surgeon put her under general anesthesia. For a splinter??!!! No.

Kids paracetamol is widely available. I've got some in the house. They don't need a doctor’s permission to provide that.

It doesn't matter how widely available a drug is, I am just surprised that anyone would give children any drugs at all in the triage part of an emergency room visit, before they are seen by a doctor. That is not allowed AT ALL in my area, but I am on the east coast, in the US. Different countries may have different rules.

[Marcus]

So, did they put her under general anesthesia or not? Your post is unclear.

No. I'm sure from the chats I made it clear she didn't.

Oh good. That seemed like an incredibly extreme response to a splinter, I'm glad they didn't. The fact that they even suggested it is disturbing enough.

[IWMP]

Got a second opinion about the antibiotics. She does need them. It's too deep.

[ajax18]

I'm glad your son got good care at an affordable price.

He was only three. The burn looked horrible at first. But the beauty of youth is that he healed up completely. And I am grateful for the healthcare my family has been able to purchase. For me American healthcare is the best in the world. I wouldn't dream of going anywhere else.