Injury at a School

MissAA1970

Shouldn't have posted

tomtontom

To clarify:

Your son did not wear the right footwear.

Your son failed to tell the teachers how much pain he was in.

When the teacher offered to call an ambulance, your son declined.!

Now was anyone to blame for the injury, or was it an accident?

InsideInsurance

Unless its an open fracture or his foot is pointing in the wrong direction they can really only go by what your son tells them. If he says he is fine and doesnt want an ambulance then they are going to go with what he says.

Blood injuries are different because of the risk to others and head injuries because of the much higher risks and the fact the injured party is fairly unlikely to realise the extent of their injury.

Presumably he was playing in trainers or soccer boots rather than rugby boots? Was the wrong footwear in anyway connected to the incident? If he was forced to play in stilettos then there could be an arguement if it was linked to the incident but not for other sportwear

kelpie35

Compensation.....................oh this makes me so angry.

Your son was old enough to take responsibility for his pe kit..........did not do

Refused to allow school to call an ambulance................ his fault

Did not inform teachers of the level of pain suffering...............his fault

Maybe it will teach him that he needs to take responsibility for his own well being.

MissAA1970

InsideInsurance wrote: »

Unless its an open fracture or his foot is pointing in the wrong direction they can really only go by what your son tells them. If he says he is fine and doesn't want an ambulance then they are going to go with what he says.

His foot slipped in the mud and then his body landed on his ankle , the Teacher told him that if he doesn't get up then they will call the ambulance . He was wearing plimsolls/trainers , I was surprised they allowed him to take part in the lesson. My son will have to put it down to a lesson learnt.

InsideInsurance Thank you so much for your informative post !!!

InsideInsurance

MissAA1970 wrote: »

He was wearing plimsolls/trainers , I was surprised they allowed him to take part in the lesson. My son will have to put it down to a lesson learnt.

My days of playing rugby are long behind me but the youngest players all played in trainers and in days when the ground was frozen rock solid often trainers were used by many rather than rugby boots as the studs wouldnt get traction.

The only times I remember people being barred for playing it was intended as a punishment for not having the right kit rather than any health and safety non-sense (that or you had to play without any shorts/ top or whatever it was you had that was wrong)

Ultimately the choice is yours but I dont hear anything from the story as you've told it here that would suggest the school were at fault.

forgotmyname

Last March I received a phone call from my Son’s school; saying whilst he was playing Rugby in a PE at school he hurt his foot . They didn't think it wise he took the bus and that although it wasn't a serious accident. He should be taken home by car . Obviously I panicked and rushed to the school’s external playing field where they play Rugby . They forced my son to walk to the edge of the field so I could pick him up . When I got there my son was obviously hurt and, on our way home he confessed to me that he was in extreme pain . I decided to go directly to the hospital, although the Teaching Assistant and senior member of PE staff stated continued to trivialize my son's injury. When I got to the hospital after several X-rays I was told that his ankle was severely fractured and as a result had to undergo two serious operations and have fixtures in his ankle and will have to keep them in permanently . I had to drive him to school everyday(4months) . My son was supposed to be going to school for revision classes in preparation for his GCSEs and had to miss a lot because of the injury . Unfortunately , he didn't do well in some of his exams so his 6th place was withdrawn from the school the injury happened ( luckily he managed to secure a place at College ) . My Son didn't not take the correct footwear to the Rugby game and so I am not happy that he wasn't organized for the lesson . I find it unbelievable that they would still let him play especially since my son is very tall and overweight . When the injury happened my son was force to get up otherwise they threatened him they will call the ambulance, I think that's exactly what they should have done ! my son is extremely shy so given that choice he would try to get out of having an ambulance. I was wondering whether anyone has any similar experience to this situation, although my son is liable for not taking his correct kit , it is worth me claiming against the school ?

When you collected him did he walk to the car?

MissAA1970

He hopped from from where he was injured with the occasion pressure put on the badly swollen foot .I parked very near the entrance of the field and helped him into my car.

haras_nosirrah

have picked up that you say your son is very tall and overweight and about 16 years old

while you are annoyed that he was forced to walk to the edge of the field I am not sure how else he would have got there if he would not allow an ambulance. I imagine the teachers would not be allowed to carry him due to health and safety and it would take a lot of them to carry him.

A very tall and overweight 16 year old boy could well weigh around 16-20 stone depending on how overweight we are talking.

agrinnall

MissAA1970 wrote: »

Shouldn't have posted

No, probably not.

forgotmyname

I dont see where they were at fault except maybe they should have called an ambulance. But he may have said its not that bad so can only go by what he said.

You complain that they made him walk to the edge of the pitch, Im sure he was helped or hobbled the same as he did to your car.

I dont see where they are at fault. He had an accident. They happen.

They could have supplied him with the extra work/activities to complete at home couldnt they?

Blaming the exam results on this incident doesnt seem likely. How much time did he miss? Why couldnt he do that work at home?