Broken bones, anyone?

[Darth Wyndisis]

I have one quick question for anyone who can answer it.  Have you ever gone to the hospital because of a broken bone?  I am asking this because I am writing a story and I came to a part where the kid breaks his arm.  I never broke anything in my life, so I don't know what the hospital procedures are.  Do they give you laughing gas, inject you with pain killer, or anything?  I know it sounds stupid but I want to keep it at least semi-factual.

[Darth Wyndisis]

Gosh, I feel so ignorant... :-[

So basically you go to the ER, wait for the people who have more serious injuries to go ahead of you, then your in a room with a doctor who puts you in a sling/cast and gives you pain killers and sends you on your merry way?

[Jack]

Well, to be fair, we went right to an orthopedist rather than the hospital, my mom freaked out and didn't want me to wait in line forever (and die of a broken bone apparently, lol), so we went to a specialist right away who took care of the problem. But my case was different so I can't really claim to be the norm in this situation.

Edit: Woops, meant to edit my last post in this thread, accidentally deleted it...  :-\

[Darth Wyndisis]

Thanks.  Now that I think of it, I might not need to make it all that factual.  At that point in the story, the kid is unconscious and hallucinating (dreaming, I guess), so I suppose it would would be safe to have the kid wake up with a sling on his arm, and for the doc to hand him his meds saying, "Here ya go, Timmy." ?   But that does seem kind of cheap.  Would it be reasonable to say that they gave him laughing gas (or anything) and then worked with the bone and put on a cast?  I am unconfident in my ability to think logically, as you can see.

[Jack]

That plausible to me, if the injury that broke his bone also knocked him out.

On a side note, does the medical profession still use laughing gas? That seems so... 1800s.

[Darth Wyndisis]

They used it on me when they were drilling my tooth.  I don't they would use it in that situation now that you mention that.

[TP Zelda]

I think I almost broke my finger, but I broke my toe!

[MagmarFire]

I never broke anything before, thank God! ;D

[Howl]

i jammed my finger but t was'nt broken

[MagmarFire]

Man, those HURT! They're also quite a hindrance when you're gaming.

[TP Zelda]

When I broke my toe, it didn't hurt to bad. But after a couple minuts, it swelled, and when I stepped, I could feel my swelled toe alot!

[MagmarFire]

Man, THAT must've been painful. :(

[Howl]

i could'nt play games for a month

[medli]

i've never broken a bone but my arms are double jointed ;D

[Howl]

i've never broken a bone but my arms are double jointed ;D

my fingers r 2, and my knees can slightly bend backwards