what would you do in this situation?!


Question: What would you do in this situation?
okay so my friend and her mom were in a car accident. not that bad. they were able to leave after a police report and stuff. but my friends neck is bothering her and her moms back is. the thing that gets me is that my friend is a cheerleader and is on her way to her last composition and then she might go to the ER.

wouldn't you go to the ER instead of a cheer leading composition where you could just injury it more?

what would you would do?

Answers:

Probably a muscle strain. If it were broken, it would be obvious by now. I have been a paramedic for 22 years, and have seen only a handful of broken necks from car accidents...and never ever ever from a minor one. However, lots and lots of strains (whiplash). There is nothing the ER will do other than the same thing your family doctor will do...MAYBE an x-ray, anti-inflammatories (like ibuprofen) and maybe a muscle relaxer. I do agree that it could be aggravated going to a cheering "composition". That isn't very smart, and she should see a doctor or it could hurt much worse and a lot longer.



I have heard of one case where a neck injury was misdiagnosed and the guy walked around with a broken neck for something like a year. And it was painful the entire time.

So she should go to the doctor. You never know...



Definitely ER. If her neck is hurting, it could be a spinal cord injury. It that is worsened you can be paralyzed for life.



I didn't know cheerleaders were all parts of one unit.




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