[trussell]

I just talked to a nurse from the nurse hotline on my insurance and she recommends an immediate trip to the ER...a different ER than last night. She says if I can’t go tonight, I need to go tomorrow and I should take care not to walk for fear of falling. I am to tell them what treatment was done last night and how everything has gone for me since the fall.

[cva66snipe]

A few words of advice. Go to a Level One ER. That is where they take Trauma patients and serious emergencies. That also means Specialist are either there or a few minutes away. You will get a better trained staff. If the insurers nurse said Go then I would go. Just write down time of call etc and nurses name if you can remember. If you call an ambulance and you are admitted then the ambulance is likely covered. Most insurance polices also have a Layman's clause in other words what a normal person would consider an emergency.

I've been a spinal cord patient caregiver for over 28 years and I would say your situation constituted an immediate second opinion Last Night and another trip to the ER to obtain it. Spinal injuries are nothing to play around with or delay getting help on. Your GP will even tell you that. If it were myself or a loved one I'd call for the ambulance and go on in now.