her medicine and send her home? That is what I had an employe tell me yesterday because she missed, she had no doctors notes, she says that she was not contagious and they just soaked her daughter in a tub of ice to bring down the fever and gave her some medicine? Have I been duped?
2007-03-21 06:47:56 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Infectious Diseases
NO WAY Bacterial meningitis is DEADLY! They must be administered antibiotic IV meds and usually by the time the child is diagnosed they needed the meds yesterday Most people who contract bacterial meningitis die it moves rapidly shutting down the bodies organs. It is also highly contagious so anyone exposed has to be treated as well. Viral meningitis is different they just give pain meds for that and send you home. They have no meds for it and it isn't as dangerous, just painful. I believe my friend that you have been duped!
2007-03-21 09:23:42 · answer #1 · answered by smoothazhoney 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You have been duped unless the hospital is completely incompetent. If a child had a fever high enough to have to use a tub of ice to get it down then they would have immediately admitted her. In our local children's hospital it is mandatory if a child has a fever over like 101 that they are admitted for at least overnight.
2007-03-21 18:12:39 · answer #2 · answered by triplep_01 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A child with bacterial meningitis must be admitted. A child with high fever would be given tepid water sponging and not an ice bath. The employee is lying or mistaken. May be the child just had a febrile fit.
2007-03-21 13:56:38 · answer #3 · answered by yakkydoc 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
bacterial meningitis always requires being admitted for IV antiiotics. Even viral meningitis is frequently admitted, but not always. You would never see a child sent home that had it, never. Whatever the child had, the mom was concerned enough to stay home with her, so, she may have 'duped' you by her reason, but not by motive. (unless her daughter wasn't sick at all) I know how it feels to have a sick child, I hated calling in to work, but my kids are always going to come first.
2007-03-21 15:12:34 · answer #4 · answered by nickname 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well if she did go to the doctors I'm sure she could still call them and request some sort of proof that she was there, even after she already left. (Even a receipt or something from a payment made). As far as if they would let a child leave, I have heard of them doing that before, but it usually is if they schedule a follow up for the next day or something. So, it would be fishy. Weird of someone to make up SUCH an elaborate story huh. . . .
2007-03-21 13:56:51 · answer #5 · answered by ShouldBeWorking 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, she would likely be spending the night at the hospital, at the very least. Meningitis is rare these days, but it does happen. She may have had a high fever, but they would do a spinal tap to see if it was menengitis, if it came back negative, then they would send her home, and she would not be contagious, and she would not have menegitis.
2007-03-21 14:13:49 · answer #6 · answered by fisherwoman 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
bacterial meningitis is pretty serious, and putting a child in a tub of ice is dangerous....I rather doubt your employee's story.
2007-03-21 13:52:02 · answer #7 · answered by essentiallysolo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The employee sounds rather like SHE has meningitis and is hallucinating. This is NOT how meningitis is managed.
2007-03-21 14:51:00 · answer #8 · answered by TweetyBird 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
My best friend got that when she was 3 and almost died. She was in the hospital for a week on intravenous antibiotics.
2007-03-21 13:57:25 · answer #9 · answered by Eisbär 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Something isn't quite right with that story, better have a closer look.
2007-03-21 13:54:55 · answer #10 · answered by Tulip 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋