i fell off my trampoline and cut my leg wide open on a brick, and i poked my bone with my finger and i havent went to the doctor yet and its extrememly infected but i dont have health insurance, what should i do?
2007-06-21 06:24:55 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Injuries
hi this is his mom and he is teasing you all! yes he did fall off the tramp, yes he did cut his shin clear to the bone. he did go to the ER and he did get 25 stitches in his leg. It is nasty and painful and I would strongly suggest to all you parents out there do not allow your kids to jump on a tramp for one second! they are so dangerous! He had to have muscle and tendon and skin stitched back together. he had 2 layers of stitches put in. He will have a big long 6 inch scar to deal with for the rest of his life and I as his mom get to feel guilty for even allowing a trampoline to be in my yard! If we knew how to put the pics on so you all could see we would. They are utterly GORY!!!!!!!! Trampolines should be outlawed!!!! By the way my son was the 4th child in the ER on Father's Day with an injury from a trampoline!
2007-06-21 17:16:35 · update #1
By the way we did call an abulance and it NEVER came! We live in a small town and we ended up driving him to the hospital 35 miles away on the interstate going 110 miles an hour with the lights fashing.
2007-06-21 17:18:52 · update #2
You can go to the ER and seek treatment even if you dont have insurance. They cant refuse treatment just because you dont have insurance. You need to go, theres a good chance if you dont go and it gets really infected, down to the bone you could lose your leg. You need to get to the ER.
2007-06-21 06:31:43 · answer #1 · answered by NazMarie 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Don't wait go to the emergency room. The hospital I work at has a program to cover expenses of patients that have no insurance. I'm betting most do. A wound like that is life threatening you dont want to lose your leg.Go Now!!
2007-06-21 13:57:52 · answer #2 · answered by xkiss_thisx 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You have to go to the urgent care ASAP. They cannot turn you away even if you don't have insurance. If you don't get it treated you could wind up losing you leg. Why would you risk needing your leg amputated? Go get it treated right now. Get off the computer and go.
2007-06-21 13:30:34 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
unless you are planning to die, I suggest going straight to a hospital. Honestly if this is true and you don't have a car, an ambulance will come for a injury like that. This is not a joking matter.
2007-06-21 13:29:29 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
If it's infected, you NEED medical attention. Remember that before we could stop infection they used to cut off limbs.. not a good alternative. Hydrogen peroxide is good for cleaning wounds but yours might be to large. Get help.
2007-06-21 13:28:58 · answer #5 · answered by thebogman87 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
call an ambulance and go to an er. if you don't make much money (on your taxes) you are not going to pay much or if any for the er just tell them that you are broke and you want the number for the financial aid. thats all you need to do.
2007-06-21 13:33:42 · answer #6 · answered by na 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
go to the hospital emergency room, they have to treat you regardless of your ability to pay. You could not only lose your leg, you could lose your life to infection. Get 'er done, man.
2007-06-21 13:29:56 · answer #7 · answered by essentiallysolo 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Go to the emergency room, usually they have programs for people without health insurance.
2007-06-21 14:07:48 · answer #8 · answered by mickyg 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go to the hospital tell them what happned, and tell them you do't have health ensurence. See if they can help you with your finical problem! If you don't get there soon if your leg gets really infected they'll have to amputate it!!!
GOOD LUCK!!!!
2007-06-21 13:32:01 · answer #9 · answered by hawthrone_freak 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You need to get to the hospital. There are programs for financial help.... You could lose your leg, man!
2007-06-21 13:27:48 · answer #10 · answered by killfoot2001 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋