I had to rush to the hospital yesterday evening after learning my nephew had fallen on a limb which impaled him and broke off. The way my mother and brother were talking it sounded like it had gone through and through.
Once I reached the hospital, I found out it was only a small branch and had gone in his lower leg, around the shin. It had indeed broken off.
When the doctor came in, he was quite nice. However, he held the needle right in front of the child's face, told him it was not going to hurt at all. After sticking him nearly 15 times around the area to numb the location, he began trying to retrieve the limb with forceps.
Once he eventually figured out the forceps would not work (after the nurse asked him did he want to try from her side of the bed) as the piece of the branch was so deep, he decided to lacerate the area so he could get the branch out easier without damaging the surrounding tissue. He held the scalpel up right in front of my nephews face, and told the nurse she needed to learn how to use a scalpel, that he needed to go deeper than that.
I cannot help myself to think, that this was somehow extremely unprofessional. The sane-logical thinking on my part, is when dealing with pediatrics who are terrified of needles, he could have at least turned around so my nephew could not have seen the scalpel. Or talked to the nurse afterwards to let her know his preferences on depth.
After it was all said and done, I find it a bit hilarious. But at the same time, I think I have learned a personal lesson when dealing with peds.
Once I reached the hospital, I found out it was only a small branch and had gone in his lower leg, around the shin. It had indeed broken off.
When the doctor came in, he was quite nice. However, he held the needle right in front of the child's face, told him it was not going to hurt at all. After sticking him nearly 15 times around the area to numb the location, he began trying to retrieve the limb with forceps.
Once he eventually figured out the forceps would not work (after the nurse asked him did he want to try from her side of the bed) as the piece of the branch was so deep, he decided to lacerate the area so he could get the branch out easier without damaging the surrounding tissue. He held the scalpel up right in front of my nephews face, and told the nurse she needed to learn how to use a scalpel, that he needed to go deeper than that.
I cannot help myself to think, that this was somehow extremely unprofessional. The sane-logical thinking on my part, is when dealing with pediatrics who are terrified of needles, he could have at least turned around so my nephew could not have seen the scalpel. Or talked to the nurse afterwards to let her know his preferences on depth.
After it was all said and done, I find it a bit hilarious. But at the same time, I think I have learned a personal lesson when dealing with peds.
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