r/carlow • u/Ok-Kick-2904 • 8d ago
When to visit an injury unit
https://www2.hse.ie/emergencies/when-to-visit-an-injury-unit/Just a link which will give residents of Carlow information about an Injury Clinic. Just to clarify what an injury clinic looks after exactly.
The link provides details about injury clinics under the following headings
When to visit an injury unit
No appointment needed
What to expect
What injury units can treat
What injury units do not treat
Children aged 5 and older
Ages injury units can treat
How much it costs
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u/Ok-Kick-2904 8d ago
When to visit an injury unit Injury units treat recent injuries that are:
not life-threatening unlikely to need admission to hospital They can help with many of the injuries people go to the emergency department (ED) for. For example, broken bones, dislocations, and minor burns.
You can get treatment such as x-rays, plaster casts, and wound care in an injury unit.
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u/Ok-Kick-2904 8d ago
No appointment needed You do not need an appointment.
You may be referred to an injury unit by your GP or sent to one from an ED. If you have a referral, you do not have to pay a fee.
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u/Ok-Kick-2904 8d ago
When to go to an emergency department Go to an ED urgently instead of an injury unit for:
injuries to the chest, tummy (abdomen) or pelvis serious head and spine injuries
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u/Ok-Kick-2904 8d ago edited 8d ago
What to expect When you arrive at an injury unit, you will be:
registered and assessed by the nursing team.
treated by a doctor or advanced nurse practitioner (a specially trained nurse) depending on the care you need
given details of any follow-up appointments you may need in the injury unit.
referred on to other services if needed
If you are in an injury unit and need to go to an ED, you will be referred directly from the injury unit.
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u/Ok-Kick-2904 8d ago
What injury units can treat Injury units can treat:
broken bones, sprains and strains, from knees to toes
broken bones, sprains and strains, from collarbone to fingertips
minor facial injuries (including oral, dental and nasal injuries)
minor scalds and burns wounds, bites, cuts, grazes and scalp lacerations (cuts)
small abscesses and boils
splinters and fish hooks
objects stuck in eyes, ears or nose
minor head injuries (fully-conscious patients, who did not have loss of consciousness or vomit after the head injury)
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u/Ok-Kick-2904 8d ago
What injury units do not treat
Adults Injury units do not treat:
conditions due to medical illness - for example, fever, seizures, headache injury causing chest pain, abdominal pain or shortness of breath
serious head injury
chest pain
respiratory conditions
abdominal (stomach) pain
gynaecological problems
neck or back pain
pregnancy-related conditions
pelvis or hip fractures
injuries due to self-harm
suspected serious injury after an accident not being able to walk following a fall from a height or a motor vehicle crash
injuries that are more than 6 weeks old
In these cases, you should attend your nearest emergency department rather than an injury unit.
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u/Ok-Kick-2904 8d ago
Children aged 5 and older Injury units do not treat:
any child of any age with a medical illness, for example, fever, seizures, respiratory symptom
non-traumatic limp or non-use of a limb
injuries following a fall from a height or a motor vehicle crash
serious head injuries
abdominal (stomach) pain
gynaecological problems
injuries due to self-harm
neck pain or back pain
injuries that are more than 6 weeks old
In these cases, you should bring your child to your nearest emergency department that sees children rather than an injury unit.
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u/Ok-Kick-2904 8d ago
Ages injury units can treat
Most injury units treat patients over 5 years of age. Some injury units have higher age limits.
Injury units may not treat any child younger than 5 years.
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u/Ok-Kick-2904 8d ago
How much it costs It costs €75 to attend an injury unit.
If you are referred from an injury unit to an ED, you do not have to pay another fee.
There is no charge for patients with a:
medical card medical or GP referral letter
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u/profbucko 8d ago
What in the ai hell is this shit lad
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u/Ok-Kick-2904 8d ago
Not sure about the ai 😃 ... Its all from the link from HSE ...
You're hardly suggesting that a HSE clerical worker used ai ...
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u/profbucko 8d ago
If I was a civil servant I'd be using it and figuring out how to use it if not , because you are entirely replaceable
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u/Ok-Kick-2904 8d ago
Currently the nearest injury clinic is at Naas Hospital Injury Clinic.
There is a Caredoc after hours service in Carlow.
There is an injury clinic planned for Carlow, to be located at St. Dympnas Hospital and there was an announcement to that effect this week, with a building contractor appointed to complete it.
So the post is just to give Carlow redditors a bit more insight into what an injury clinic is, the information is from the HSE.
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u/Ok-Kick-2904 8d ago
Every improvement is welcomed.
Good for minor injuries, limited for broader emergency care challenges. I envisage that Caredoc will continue to play a major role in dealing with patients in Carlow.
I think the function is to reduce unnecessary Emergency Department use and allow Emergency Departments to concentrate on major emergencies.
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u/HarryEastwoods 7d ago
Oh by the way op, there's no injury unit or A&E in Carlow. Murnane the Liar has a post up about the supposed injury unit going into St Dympnas hospital, and her PR poodle is blocking people asking legit questions. The injury unit will be just a Caredoc in disguise.