We called an ambulance for my mother, 85, as she was in a lot of pain on New Years day. The initial ambulance crew thought it was a whiplash injury and did not offer any treatment other than pain relief. As this did not ease the pain for my mother we called again, this time a paramedic came round and felt that my mother needed to be taken to hospital as he suspected a fractured vertebrae. My mother was taken to Swindon A&E.
There, a brilliant doctor, Lizzie, told us everything they were going to do, the results of the x-ray's and next steps for treating my mother. My mother was admitted to the trauma ward to treat the fractured vertebrae where she is currently being looked after very well.
"Treatment for a fractured vertebrae"
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