Broken toe, do I need to go to A&E?

Go to the A&E but cancel all appointments for the next few days you might be there for a while.

Morby wrote: »

I think I may have broken my toe, my big toe, so I reckon it probably needs to be x-rayed.

What's the situation with having to go and get an x-ray done, do I need to go to my GP first to get a doctor's referral later, or can I get an appointment for the x-ray department via my GP or do you just need to go straight into A&E and queue for 48 hours there?

The last option is my least preferred, I'm trying to avoid A&E of a Saturday night if at all possible.

Not sure how to proceed in this scenario though.

Can anyone offer any advice?

Unfortunately, we're not allowed give medical advice.
However, I am a vet and may be able to circumvent the rules.
What I want you to do , is eat some dog food , left your leg when going for a slash and try sniff your balls.

If you can do all these your toe is not broke .

Where are you? The mater has a small injury clinic and there is another one in Drumcondra. If you have Vhi you can go to the swiftcare clinic to get x rayed. I think Laya or one of the other insurance companies run one where you do not have to be a customer.

Wait until tomorrow and try to get an injury clinic you will be a long time in A and E because its not serious.

Are you a VHI member? If so, one of their Swiftcare clinics could be your best bet.
https://www.vhi.ie/swiftcare
Dundrum and Swordss in Dublin, Mahon in Cork.

https://www.hse.ie/eng/about/who/acute-hospitals-division/patient-care/emergency-care/

If you're in Dublin and you can afford it, go to the VHI private clinic place in DCU, they'll see you right away for about 180 quid i think and sort you out, no queues. I needed stitches a while back and they were great to deal with.

If you go to A&E you will be charged for it but if you goto the doctors first and he refers you to a & e, then you only pay for the doc, which should be a lot cheaper. I've broken my big toe twice. When it changes colour to blue or green, then its more than likely broken..

PS: Who did you kick? :D

Thelonious Monk wrote: »

If you're in Dublin and you can afford it, go to the VHI private clinic place in DCU, they'll see you right away for about 180 quid i think and sort you out, no queues. I needed stitches a while back and they were great to deal with.

Must have been a long while back. The VHI closed the DCU branch in 2011...

Also you need to have VHI to go to the VHI clinic.

Because it's your big toe I would have said leave it.

3 years ago I fell down my stairs one morning. Half way down I heard a crack (fùcking spindle gone I thought). Nope. Checked all the spindles and they were grand. Checked my left foot and the top of my middle toe was pointing towards my smallest toe.
Never bothered getting it looked about...it's grand now. Looks a bit stupid but what odds.

Funny thing was my mum was staying with us to mind the kids cause my wife was in the states with work. As I went arseways down the stairs she shouts from the room..."who's that...who's there?" I'm on the ground and shouted back "it's me...I'm after falling down the stairs". Silence for about 10 seconds then..."oh right".

If you can limp around on it you’ll be fine in a few days. They won’t do much it apart from x ray and confirm it’s broken.

Go to doctor to request an xray so you can go straight to xray dept in hospital. Trivial stuff like this blocks up our A&E system for real emergencies. If it's a small toe it can be buddy taped but prob not for the big toe

razorblunt wrote: »

If you can limp around on it you’ll be fine in a few days. They won’t do much it apart from x ray and confirm it’s broken.

Would want to be sure about it TBH. If it's broken at the base of his toe he could well need a cast on the foot. And even if it's just his toe, if it doesn't heal right it can cause hassle down the line.