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Old 11-06-2011, 08:12 PM   #1
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A week ago, I cut 2 fingers while carving a pumpkin.
(Insert as many jokes as you want here)

It was fairly bad, so I headed out for stitches. My wife called a MediCenter and spoke with a middle eastern male, who told her that I could go see them, so I did.

When I got there, what I believe is that same man who my wife spoke with took me into the room. (there were no other male employees). He had scrubs on so I don't actually believe he was honestly the receptionist, but a nurse or aide instead that just so happened to answer the call my wife made.

So, the actual Dr comes in and says that this "nurse" fella will do my 7 stitches and that he is "very qualified" for it. I don't think anything of it, and get stitched up.

Today, one week later, I go in to get the stitches removed. The Dr on today asks me a bunch of questions (because I have a frozen/blister like feeling in my pinky and it really doesn't look good at all) about who did my stitches. She also says my stitches were not cared for properly. I did everything i was told to, but apparently there were a few things the "nurse" didn't tell me for aftercare) I tell her it was a male nurse who stitched meand she says it's impossible because they "arent allowed to", and that it was probably the doctor. I tell me story, saying it definitely wasn't the Dr and she jots notes and says she will look into it.

So...someone who possibly wasn't allowed/authorised to stitch me up, did, and my fingers are not healing correctly because of the lack of aftercare I was never told to do. Also, she removed stitches from one finger, but left them in for the other as it wasn't healing good at all, and thats the same finger that feels frozen.

So, the question is:
Who the heck do I complain to?
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Old 11-06-2011, 08:14 PM   #2
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Shouldn't that be recorded on who did what to a patient? Figured that would be kinda important for a dr's office.
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Old 11-06-2011, 08:30 PM   #3
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You need to call this guy



Too bad it wasn't caused by a dog bite, because then you could sue the dog owner

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Old 11-06-2011, 08:41 PM   #4
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I won't make any stupid jokes and I'll be serious. Find the guy who did it and sue everyone involved. The entire staff that was working, whom ever actually stitched it, who ever answered the phone, the people you saw afterwords (I'm assuming you went to the same "clinic"), the clinic itself. Lawyer up and sue them all. Something similar happened to my mom (the guy was a doctor, just a horrible one), and now she has no feeling in her finger after 3 months and the stitches didn't even stay in.
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Old 11-06-2011, 08:45 PM   #5
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Is this in any way a privatised clinic or is it on A Healthcare?
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Old 11-06-2011, 08:48 PM   #6
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Whoah, whoah, whoah, back up a second... you walked into a medical clinic in Calgary and got immediate attention? That's pretty shocking.
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Old 11-06-2011, 09:22 PM   #7
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What medicentre?
Crowfoot Medicenter

Also, I wasn't taken in "right away". I had a fairly sweet blood flow and they still took 2 other people before me.
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Old 11-06-2011, 09:43 PM   #8
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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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While I wouldn't recommend doing stitches yourself, I did learn how to do stitches using hockey tape and a sewing thread and needle that worked until they got me to the hospital for treatment.

Basically I fell off of a vehicle and because duct tape and a uniform repair kit were part of my issue, I cleaned the gash on my leg, then applied tape to both sides of the wound and sewed the tape together. Then I wrapped up my leg to hold the stiches in place and cried for my mommy until help came.
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Never trust a Middle Eastern man with your health care. Cutting hair, making donairs, painting your house, construction of your house, yes.

Healthcare, no.
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Never trust a Middle Eastern man with your health care. Cutting hair, making donairs, painting your house, construction of your house, yes.

Healthcare, no.
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Good troll!
he's at least middle eastern. Plus he's right.
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A week ago, I cut 2 fingers while carving a pumpkin.
(Insert as many jokes as you want here)

It was fairly bad, so I headed out for stitches. My wife called a MediCenter and spoke with a middle eastern male, who told her that I could go see them, so I did.

When I got there, what I believe is that same man who my wife spoke with took me into the room. (there were no other male employees). He had scrubs on so I don't actually believe he was honestly the receptionist, but a nurse or aide instead that just so happened to answer the call my wife made.

So, the actual Dr comes in and says that this "nurse" fella will do my 7 stitches and that he is "very qualified" for it. I don't think anything of it, and get stitched up.

Today, one week later, I go in to get the stitches removed. The Dr on today asks me a bunch of questions (because I have a frozen/blister like feeling in my pinky and it really doesn't look good at all) about who did my stitches. She also says my stitches were not cared for properly. I did everything i was told to, but apparently there were a few things the "nurse" didn't tell me for aftercare) I tell her it was a male nurse who stitched meand she says it's impossible because they "arent allowed to", and that it was probably the doctor. I tell me story, saying it definitely wasn't the Dr and she jots notes and says she will look into it.

So...someone who possibly wasn't allowed/authorised to stitch me up, did, and my fingers are not healing correctly because of the lack of aftercare I was never told to do. Also, she removed stitches from one finger, but left them in for the other as it wasn't healing good at all, and thats the same finger that feels frozen.

So, the question is:
Who the heck do I complain to?
Just consider yourself lucky you didn't go in with a problem south of the 'Mason Dixon line' so to speak.
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Old 11-06-2011, 11:30 PM   #14
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Did anybody say this person was a nurse? I know when we were having a baby, the doctors would occasionally bring along some foreign doctor that are trying to get their Canadian accreditation.

Or, if this was Halloween you might have been Punk'd by some guys in doctors' costumes.
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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.
Before I do this, would any of CP's medical establishment like to weigh in here?
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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.
Cauterizing the wound is not a pleasant thing, when I worked in the kitchen, I ended up cutting off the whole tip of my pointing finger on the left hand.

My fellow cooks decided to cauterize it after service was done, having avoided this, I probably should have went to the clinic but instead I went back home and slept for a few hours before heading back down for my night shift. But 2 months before this happened, I sliced the same finger and ended up having 4 stitches. Haha.
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Old 11-07-2011, 12:14 AM   #17
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Just go to the hospital next time.

You can make formal complaints to the Alberta Medical Association.
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This reminds me of that A-team movie when B.A. Baracus got a lightning bolt stitched on his arm by Murdock
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Old 11-07-2011, 12:55 AM   #19
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Before I do this, would any of CP's medical establishment like to weigh in here?
Here, it is not BS, crazy glue, and medical grade Cyoanoacrylate are pretty much only differentiated by an anti bacterial agent. Apparently in Vietnam, it was used to patch up soldiers livers.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyanoacrylate

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Cyanoacrylate is the generic name for cyanoacrylate based fast-acting adhesives such as methyl 2-cyanoacrylate, ethyl-2-cyanoacrylate (commonly sold under trade names like Super Glue and Krazy Glue), and n-butyl cyanoacrylate (used in veterinary and skin glues). The related compound 2-octyl cyanoacrylate is a medical grade glue; it was developed to be non-toxic and less irritating to skin tissue. Cyanoacrylate adhesives are sometimes known as instant glues. The abbreviation CA is commonly used for industrial grades.
Seriously every cut I have had stitched, has left a noticeable scar, I have some that are over 25 years old. Anything I have glued, the scars are almost impossible to find, and they are all less than 5 years old.

There are a ton of tutorials on how to do it. A lot of them do not mention a cauterizing stick, but I just find it makes it easier.

http://www.ehow.com/how_4450308_use-superglue-cuts.html

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+1 for superglue. During the summer I was cooking with my dad and we had a few beers and were feeling good, while chopping something he managed a pretty good gash in his thumb.

I got some papertowel and put some pressure on it for a minute or 2 to slow the bleeding and then put on the super glue and bam, back to cooking and drinking.

Just make sure you let the glue dry before you touch stuff with it, you could have other problems at that point.
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