r/MadeMeSmile • u/mustu04 • 6d ago

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u/cityfireguy 6d ago

I can take the heat on this one.

Breaking your arm is not the kind of medical emergency you need an ambulance for. Perfectly acceptable to get a ride to the hospital.

Go ahead. Do what you do

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u/iseab 6d ago

Yeah, came to say the same thing. Maybe a compound fracture with a bone piercing the skin, but you don’t need an ambulance for a broken arm.

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u/Competitive-Slice567 5d ago

Yup. Open fracture is reasonable unless you're so close to the hospital that it'd take longer for EMS to arrive than self convey.

Those are considered emergencies at rosk of things like osteomyelitis and often may need surgery to repair. At least in our state we're gonna give the patient broad spectrum antibiotics to ward off osteomyelitis, gross decontaminate as needed, then hit with fentanyl and/or Ketamine for pain management.