Work medical clinics could give a darn about you.

I got hurt at work last week, nothing life threatening.

I was coming down a ladder on the back of my fuel truck and the weld on the last step was broke and the ladder ring bent in. My foot slipped while I was holding a 40lb hose nozzle that I had brought up to the top ports.
Anyway, I walk in to the medical clinic my employer sent me to and they asked me "why I was there". I said I fell and landed on the side of my foot and I think it’s sprained. So you would think they would bring me a wheelchair until they knew how serious it was. After all, I was at a medical clinic. But No, first they have me (Limp) down a long hall to a room to take a urine sample. Then they make me limp to another room across a larger room to take a Breathalyzer. In the meantime my ankle is 3 times the size. Finally they make me walk to the Xray room over an hour later. People are A Holes, there's no other word for it. I understand they have to do these drug tests to comply with the law, but shouldn't they do that after they look at your injury so you don't cause more damage?

Anyway, it's a week later, the ankle is not hurting, but still a little swollen. I just want to get back to work as soon as possible. But I had to tell this story, some people piss me off.

 

I'm not in that much pain, but here is my point.

(Firstly) you don't need to be a mind reader for something that should be standard practice and common sense. It's their profession to have common sense and hospitality to NOT make someone walk around on a injured foot without knowing the severity of it. You don't have to be a brain sergeant to know that. Just because I walked (limped) into the clinic on my foot doesn't excuse them from their professionalism of doing their job. I know people that got in accidents and stepped out of their car and walked around, then collapsed. They (the doctors and staff) should know better, please don't make excuses for them.

(Second), the fact that it was more important for them to have me do both drug screenings while making me walk around on my foot from room to room before even checking me out goes to show where their priority was. I shouldn't have to say anything. This is why more people die in hospitals every year then in wars. Because of morons that should be bagging at a grocery store.

Freedom and the American Revolution didn't come about because people made excuses. People had values, ...spoke out, united, and took action. Sad new world we live in today.

.. By the way, thank you all for you comments and concern. I just felt like thinking out loud I guess.
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Thanks RetiredUSN, and sorry to hear about your experience.
If you wouldn't mind me asking. What does a collapsed lung feel like? ..burning? ..shortness of breath?

One more example:Think about if someone's young kid went into a place with that kind of service: The kid might not ask for a wheelchair because (like most kids) they're not thinking about preventative measures. That's where doctors and their staff come in. But the bigger issue in my case was that it took them over an hour to actually look at my foot and it was very swollen. I'm going back there Tuesday; I think I'll ask them why their priority was the drug tests. They probably get a kickback from employers.