I appreciate your argument, except you could extrapolate that defeatist
argument to pretty much anything; x-raying sore toes, antibiotics for sore
throats etc. Actually I see many of these whiplash injuries months and years
down the line, and the vast majority of them accept the initial doctor's
clinical decision not to x-ray them and do not seek an x-ray elsewhere. The
lack of x-ray does not affect the litigation process.
Regards
Adrian Fogarty
A&E Consultant
Royal Free Hospital
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From: Doc Holiday <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2000 12:28 AM
Subject: Re: Necks in A&E
> A further minor point (have referred to others in previous e-mail). I
> believe that many patients who have neck pain in these circumstances and
are
> not X-rayed will eventually get an X-ray from GP/re-visit to A&E, because
> symptoms often persist and someone ends up requesting it. So any saving in
> "unnecessary radiation and clogging up" might be false/temporary.
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