11-07-2011, 07:50 AM
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Self-Retirement
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Crowfoot Medicenter is really bad. I've had a couple bad experiences there and will never return.
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11-07-2011, 08:01 AM
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Lifetime Suspension
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+1 to whoever suggested it was likely a foreign 'resident' - aka one of the many foreign trained doctors doing their studies and practicum to get Canadian accreditation.
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11-07-2011, 08:12 AM
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I spoke to me wife about this, she is a nurse at another MediCenter location. She says to contact the head office about this. http://www.medicentres.com/Contact%20Us.html
She is not sure what would have gone on here but she also says they have foreign trained doctors as aides in the clinics who are permitted to do stitches.
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11-07-2011, 08:42 AM
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Powerplay Quarterback
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Another +1 for superglue. I won't even bother going to get stiches anymore. You throw some super glue on the cut after a good cleaning (I always use hydrogen peroxcide first) and vioila, you're not bleeding any more. In about a week the cuts healed and like others have said there's basically no scar.
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11-07-2011, 08:58 AM
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Norm!
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I don't know, I must have done it wrong, I gashed myself pretty good a couple of years ago, and I used superglue to put it back together, and I ended up with a pretty epic scar from it.
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11-07-2011, 09:00 AM
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Stupid question - where does the super glue go? Does it basically just disappear after awhile?
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11-07-2011, 09:00 AM
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Norm!
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I think as your body sheds skin the superglue just kinda flakes out.
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11-07-2011, 09:01 AM
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by oilers_fan
Stupid question - where does the super glue go? Does it basically just disappear after awhile?
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It wears off.
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Looks like you'll need one long before I will. May I suggest deflection king?
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11-07-2011, 09:10 AM
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First Line Centre
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You were probably treated by an IMG (International Medical Graduate) or medical student. You could certainly complain, but one doc criticizing another "doc's" work is nothing earth shattering, and minor complications like yours happen not infrequently.
As for the glue Rx, if the cut is quite deep or if you don't do it properly, you will end up with an epic scar. Dermabond is only used as the very last step (often we've already laid deeper stitches), and is generally applied only to the most superficial skin surfaces. If you get generic crazy glue below the skin line it can get infected or cause a foreign body reaction. And any form of cautery is a burn, to which you are begging for scarring if not used sparingly.
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11-07-2011, 09:43 AM
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Scoring Winger
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Quote:
Originally Posted by pylon
Protip for the next time you slice yourself clean and deep:
1) Make sure you keep in your medicine cabinet a few caustic pencils (silver nitrate sticks) and crazy glue.
2) Wound yourself with a knife or razor blade. (This method does not work well with pressure, or punture wounds.)
3) Rinse under cold water for 5 minutes or so to slow blood flow, and numb.
4) Apply caustic pencil to to cut to cauterize.
5) Seal with a liberal dose of crazy glue.
6) Sit back and marvel in your time savings, and handi-work.
I have done three cuts this way that would easily have required stitches, and they heal beautifully. I learned the trick on the side of a highway in Montana when I took a rock to the head on my motorcycle, and I was not wearing a helmet. A truck driver stopped, and glued me together.. albeit skipping stage three, and using a little vodka to rinse the wound. When I got home I went to the walk in clinic to get it properly fixed, and the doctor says "That truck driver did a nice job. If you notice it start to get infected come back, otherwords, it should heal up fine."
Just sealed up a nasty one from a carpet knife this summer, and it barely left a scar after healing.
From what I understand, dermabond, is just medical grade crazy glue anyway.
You're welcome in advance.
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This will work until it doesn't -- ie you get infection and it spreads to the bone and you need your digit(s) amputated or worse. Docs prescribe antibiotics and tetanus shots if appropriate. They know how to properly irrigate and clean a wound. The nurse or doc suture/glue in a sterile environment. They also know when to put in tension sutures if appropriate. Health care is one of the benefits of being Canadian -- think about it before wasting it.
Last edited by freedogger; 11-07-2011 at 09:50 AM.
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11-07-2011, 09:53 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by pylon
1) Make sure you keep in your medicine cabinet a few caustic pencils (silver nitrate sticks) and crazy glue.
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I've used supreglue before, but never the caustic pencil. Where do you find these?
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11-07-2011, 09:57 AM
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Location: east van
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Quote:
Originally Posted by kunkstyle
I've used supreglue before, but never the caustic pencil. Where do you find these?
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Next to the shaving mugs at a good Gentlemans Habadashery sometime in the 1930's.
Crap, I thought that was such a good reply unfortunatly I was thinking of styptic pencils.
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11-07-2011, 10:23 AM
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Sep 2005
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Quote:
Originally Posted by afc wimbledon
Next to the shaving mugs at a good Gentlemans Habadashery sometime in the 1930's.
Crap, I thought that was such a good reply unfortunatly I was thinking of styptic pencils.
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Luckily for you, there is a habadashery on broadway and main.
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11-07-2011, 10:57 AM
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First Line Centre
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We should keep super glue on the ambulances. I like it.
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11-07-2011, 11:07 AM
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Atomic Nerd
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Calgary
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I think this is where an unfrozen caveman works
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11-07-2011, 11:22 AM
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Originally Posted by Yasa
We should keep super glue on the ambulances. I like it.
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I always assumed they kept the medical grade in on ambulances.
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Luckily for you, there is a habadashery on broadway and main.
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Right next to "Habba-Dabba Haberdashery!" on Broadway. A few doors down you'll find "Haberdashery & More", that's also on Broadway. In fact, they're all in the Broadway Haberdashery district.
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11-07-2011, 12:07 PM
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First Line Centre
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Quote:
Originally Posted by pylon
4) Apply caustic pencil to to cut to cauterize.
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****$%^$#%^$#%$#!!!!
Proceed with caution.
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11-07-2011, 12:11 PM
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Backup Goalie
Join Date: Apr 2011
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Originally Posted by DrJ
You can make formal complaints to the Alberta Medical Association.
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I will second the complaint to the AMA.
Not too sure what a complaint to the clinic would do. They might have motivation to cover it up. But maybe they have disiplinary measures.
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11-07-2011, 12:30 PM
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#39
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My face is a bum!
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Quote:
Originally Posted by JonDuke
Crowfoot Medicenter
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That place is sweet.
I went in because my heart was feeling weird, they told me it would be fine and it would go away on it's own by morning.
I went home, went to bed, woke up feeling like crap.
I went to the hospital, the took my pulse (which they couldn't even find it was so irregular) and I immediately went into the emergency room (despite a fairly full waiting room) and was defibrillated shortly after.
Good work Crowfoot Medicentre!
Edit: I forgot to mention I also got shot up on blood thinners and observed overnight because my Arythmia was left untreated so long that there was a risk of clots forming in my heart and causing a stroke.... but those are usually no big deal.
Last edited by Bill Bumface; 11-07-2011 at 12:34 PM.
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11-07-2011, 12:39 PM
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Norm!
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I went through that once and went to the 10th ave clinic and they took one look at the EKG that they ran on me and called an ambulance.
Of course the doc at foothills almost killed me by making me take beta blockers
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