will i get crutches from er if i hit my knee cap on the cement step and went to the er or walk in clinic please explain and what if i just go in hopping in on one leg do you think they would give me crutches. do they show you how to use them please explain i want to use crutches
your stupid. crutches hurt ur under arms and you want to hurt yourself just to use them. go to a big as chemist and buy some.. and yeah your probably would need them, depending on how hard you hit it. your probly need to dislocate it or worse
Yes. Most hospitals will provide you with whatever you need to get around, crutches, cane, walker, and they will charge you or your insurance company out the proverbial ying yang for it. Assuming you live in the USA. I don't know how it works in Canada or GB.
They will examine you first, and if you don't need crutches, they won't give them to you. It is horrible that you would want to waste everyone's time in the ER simply because you want crutches. While they ER staff are dealing with you, someone who is actually hurt is having to wait a little longer. Go to a medical supply store any buy some crutches if you want them so bad.
It's unlikely to get crutches by slamming your knee into a cement step. As your kneecap is quite hard to break, that injury would most likely cause bruising and laceration. All the ER would do is to disinfect the wound (if it was open), bandage it up, perhaps give you painkillers. If you want crutches, the best way to do it is to fake it - go somewhere out of sight, and decide you twisted your ankle badly.
