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Post lumbar puncture pain PLEASE HELP ME
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[quote:JustJuls:MV8yMTc0NzcyXzM2NzcyMTQyXzFCRjJGNjk1] Op I do not know what UK laws are for patient's rights. I am a nurse with many years of bedside care in the hospital setting. If I as a nurse could not get a peripheral IV in you within 3 attempts, we are to bring another nurse in to then attempt the IV. I was always taught anything greater then 3 attempts on 1 person could be interpreted by the law as assault. Just like if you are in a hospital and told you are to only stay in your hospital room by staff for whatever reason.Lets say you decide to walk around the hospital floor outside your room but the nurses and staff block you from leaving that room.........they could be charged with false imprisonment. Not only can your wife be your witness but your best witness because she saw both the procedure and your physical decline afterward. My advice ASAP get an attorney, get a copy of all your medical records related to the situation. Also I hope you have been under an MD's care since this happened because if you are, it should reflect the decline in your health.If not get,one at once and get that lumbar puncture site examined asap with mri etc. I personally think you have a good basis to have your situation looked at by the courts. In all my years of nursing, I have never seen or heard of a lumbar puncture that brutal. Best of luck.:hf: [/quote]
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Hello, I'm wondering if anyone on GLP has any experience with medical practice and could help me...
A year ago I had a lumbar puncture perform on myself, before the procedure went ahead the Doctor asked me if I wouldn't mind allowing a student to take part it this, I was assure that she would be under full supervision and that she knew what she was doing... I was also told that if there was any problems then she would take over... I agreed as every one deserve a chance to learn... I was laying down when the procedure was done the doctor allowed the student 5 attempts to do the LP before she stepped in while the student was doing the procedure the I could here the doctor saying and I quote
Nope thats the tendon, No you don't want to go in that direction thats bone, No you don't want go there you have gone to far up, and no thats the wrong angle...
then the doctor took over and had 7 attempts at it herself...
I would understand the difficulty if I was of large build as I know it is a blind procedure and I appreciate that its not as easy as it sounds but I am of quite a slim build and I remain very still and didn't complain at all...
the procedure took 80 minutes... when they finally obtain the fluid they needed they dropped the dressing they were meant to apply to my back... the doctor thankfully went of to get a new one but she said she could find the right type so she stuck a dressing around 6 x 6 inch the dressing was plaster type... I was laid there with out a dressing for a period of 3 - 5 minutes...
It wasn't until I sat up that I was told to stay laid down as soon as I sat up and went to move of the bed I just fell back didn't lose conciousness how ever I did spin out...
I was laying down for 3 hours before being discharged as the couldn't find any bleed...
A head ache occurred within 7 hours and I couldn't stand or move at all for that matter when I even held in going to the toilet until the next day, due to the shear amount of pain I was in, now I can barely do what I used to be able to do I used to be out ward bound and the only work I'm qualified to do is security and building work that means I have to go back to college to gain a qualification to work in a different trade as I cannot do the physical work I used to I am more depressed and I now go to the toilet more as a result from the lumbar puncture I'm always in pain I'm at my ends witt with the pain now...
I don't hold the student responsible as the doctor in m opinion was meant to stop her after 2 or 3 attempts and the fact that the doctor her self is meant to be able to complete the procedure in less then 7 attempts I am now considering seeking legal advice against the NHS due to the change to my life and my personality I lost my job and I have became more depressed from this as I said its a year on and I'm still experiencing back pain to a very noticeable extent and I have had a head ache every day for a year, my spine makes a clicking and a thudding sound when I stand up which makes my legs go week and I collapse to the floor most of the time It also makes me sleepy when my spine aches... is there anything I can do to help the pain now ??
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