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ekjdm14 ![]() Orange Level Access ![]() Joined: 20 Aug 2024 Location: Alsager UK Points: 982 |
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Well that'll be me out of action for a while. Managed to trip on a piece of wire embedded in the ground & fell awkwardly, net result being my Patellar tendon has been torn clear off the bone of my tibia & the quad tendon has sucked the patella up above the ball of my femur...
![]() Few hours spent in A&E (ER for you guys on the sane side of the Atlantic) and to my surprise have been released home in a splint for the moment awaiting a 'phone call with a date for surgery. Not the way I'd planned spending my Sunday afternoon but could be worse I suppose, at least it happened with the rest of the family around so we managed to get the land locked up and me loaded in the car in a half hour or so. Out of interest, how long do you guys in the US expect to wait on an ambulance generally? Here, roughly a 20 minute drive from the hospital, on a Sunday afternoon my ambulance ETA was 1hr40-2hrs. about 15 years ago when I was taken out off my motorcycle & badly fractured my right tib/fib I was sat on the road probably 45minutes before ambulance came. Just curious how your guy's wait times compare (also interested what a 20minute ambo ride would cost you/your insurance) Cheers, better luck to you all!
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dr p ![]() Orange Level ![]() Joined: 24 Feb 2019 Location: new york Points: 1389 |
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Easy grand for just the transport. Then there are the nickel and dime charges. Could be 2500 easy
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Coke-in-MN ![]() Orange Level Access ![]() Joined: 12 Sep 2009 Location: Afton MN Points: 41957 |
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Here if you call for emergency (911 call) you get the full load = Police first in about 3 to 5 minutes , then the fire dept a few minutes later with truck and coupe cars of extra people . then Ambulance and 2 or 3 EMT manning it .So within 15 minutes its like grand central with no room left to park .
Had to call once for wife , and next time she said I'll walk next time rather then being invaded like that again . So I had to haul her to ER myself or she refused to go . Last trip I had to call 911 again as was fall and low respiration - clown show again but she spent 6 days in hospital and 30 days in transition care before coming home . Ambulance cost was $1700 but insurance paid all but $100 my cost . Is a volunteer ambulance and fire unit paid for by City / County tax - why they all show up is each call they respond to they get about $40 put into their pension fund savings . |
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Dirt Farmer ![]() Silver Level Access ![]() Joined: 15 Sep 2020 Location: Illinois Points: 422 |
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Wish for a quick recovery, we'll keep you and your doctors in our prayers. In my neck of the woods the ambulance comes and gets the victim er patient takes them to Litchfield, there they can't do schit and put you on an expensive helicopter ride to Springfield where they sort you out from rthere. Thats what I've been told, fortunately no first hand experience.
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DMiller ![]() Orange Level Access ![]() Joined: 14 Sep 2009 Location: Hermann, Mo Points: 33739 |
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Agree with Dirt Farmer, prayers for speedy recovery from this where get to return to try it again.
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ekjdm14 ![]() Orange Level Access ![]() Joined: 20 Aug 2024 Location: Alsager UK Points: 982 |
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Thanks all, for the well wishes. Certainly won't be aiming for a do over of this performance though Dave! ![]() Shocked at the cost of ambulance for you guys, and already quite some variance in service depending on area. Hate to think what the actual surgery would run me too! How much does decent health/accident insurance cost there? Can't fault the treatment I received yesterday but have a sneaking feeling it'd be somewhat less than a week's wait for the actual operation had I had some sort of private coverage.
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ACinSC ![]() Orange Level ![]() Joined: 16 Dec 2015 Location: South Carolina Points: 2938 |
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Hope you're better soon Dan
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tadams(OH) ![]() Orange Level Access ![]() ![]() Joined: 17 Sep 2009 Location: Jeromesville, O Points: 10793 |
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Prayers for surgery going well and a speedy recovery.
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