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Originally Posted by genuinegirly
Pony - you missed my point.
I wasn't stating that the doctor shouldn't report the injury at all - the doctor should report these things, it's their job - but only after attempting to figure out if there was a medical reason why the leg would have broken from a short drop.
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The problem with that: If the parent does not know/have the child's medical history handy when in the emergency room, the injury is pretty severe (a broken bone in a 2 year old is pretty severe) and the reason for the injury is in any way suspicious, it warrants a report whether or not the child has something like brittle bone syndrome.
It's an emergency room doctor, not a family physician who knows the child's history.
And this, kids, is why electronic medical records are a good fucking idea.