SAQ 996 – Missed scaphoid fracture complaint and radiology policy

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You are the consultant in an urban district ED and are called to triage.

An angry father says the hospital missed his son's broken hand. His 12-year-old son Max has a GP letter stating that the GP reviewed the x-ray report from Max's ED visit 3 days earlier after a fall, and that it reports a displaced scaphoid fracture.

How would you initially manage this situation at triage?

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What are your immediate clinical priorities?

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Max's father makes a formal complaint about the original ED care. What are your next steps in investigating it?

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You want to formalise the departmental radiology result-checking process. What are the main features of a policy document?

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