Gwinnett student given ice for injury at school undergoes life-saving surgery

The 10th grader was playing soccer, during gym class, at Berkmar High when he fell on the goalkeeper’s knee. Full story: bit.ly/3JFNNwq
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[@jayjayfrmstatefarm9363]

Ice packs is the answer to every school nurse problems, they give it to you for everything. If you’re not unconscious, bleeding or have a bone sticking out of your body they’ll give an ice pack.

[@anthonyreinke9931]

Yea because if they give a student anything else and that student or their parents don’t agree with it then the facing a lawsuit for giving their student other medical items. You are screwed if you do and screwed if you dont

[@Brewster_Baker]

Yes exactly, I hurt my back in the school pool and barley made it to the side. Coach told me it was all in my head. Well that was in 1989 and my imagination is still running rampant.

[@TheFrenchPug]

A frozen wet sponge.

[@MomMom4Cubs]

I dunno where you are, but where we live our school nurses are AMAZING! When kids get shot at school, or grownups stumble to a school for help after being shot or stabbed, they do not respond with ice packs; they come with implements to stop the bleeding. We also have strict rules as to when the parents are contacted, and they are followed (at least at our daughter's school). All that being said, our school nurses are employees of the district. Calling the nurse's office a "clinic" reeks of 3rd party cheapness.

[@roxyj3182]

My daughter literally just told me this yesterday

[@BeenDelivered]

They should have at least called the mother and let her know. I’m glad that he is feeling better. I’m glad that he told her after school.

[@christinebodhitreeexotics356]

This is what happens when the adults assume every child is exaggerating.

[@alwaysyouramanda]

It’s like the prison experiment.. I had some really mean teachers.

[@superrunnerx1]

Because too many of them nowadays exaggerate all the time. So now others can't tell if they are serious or not.

[@earningmyway5021]

U know how often they exaggerate. Also he was onld enough to articulate that he needed to go home. Apparently he didnt

[@AC-cg6gz]

@@earningmyway5021 sO AT 15 hE SHOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DIAGNOSE HIMSELF. I ruptured my spleen at 13 I thought it was period cramps. So did the school nurse and my parents. I was hospitalized for 2 weeks. but that was after I endured it for 3 days thinking "oh some Midol and heat pads will fix it" It wasn't until my sister found me unconscious that we thought I might be in danger.

[@kathycromwell7247]

That’s statement is crazy, your asking the child to figure out the injury like their DR’s and tell the nurse. Any accident at school should automatically be on record to call the parents. That’s common sense.

[@mizzpoetrics]

Right! I was confused with that statement, as well! 🤦🏾

[@cindywagaman9943]

Wow. Thank God he's ok.

[@zeusjackson9679]

If he did notify the nurse that he was having difficulty breathing then they are liable. But, to prove that is very difficult. I'm glad he recovered. That's why I tell my kids to text me if they need me while in school. Because I know adults are quick to dismiss kids.

[@HappyTobeHere89]

You're right about that. I was dismissed as a teen after trying to report i was injured. I was a tiny 5'3 barely 110 and a tall 400lb girl fell on me. I couldn't feel my legs and was panicking. The other students went for teachers and NO ONE came. Finally after some time I could feel them and hopped with the help of friends to the office. STILL, the adults said I was lying and making it up. I was livid. Thankfully I wasn't unconscious as a result of I falling on that hard tile like a flat noodle. I used my arm as I was falling to protect my head best I could.

[@FVWhimsy2010]

He may have been breathing okay..but severe pain that doesn't subside should have sent him to ER.

[@up-uw4op]

My sisters school did the same thing when she broke her wrist in first grade. She had to go all day with a broken wrist until she got home and knew something was wrong.

[@robin4942]

Prayers for a full speedy recovery

[@kathycromwell7247]

Our schools in Maine are required to call the parent for this stuff, mostly the school nurse…or office.

[@sarahnoda]

Wow! The school BLAMES the student. Crazy... I'm guessing the nurse was dismissive and didn't take the students seriously because my own children have encountered the dismissive attitudes of school nurses.

[@alwaysyouramanda]

I’ve seen who becomes a nurse out of highschool- the bullying statistics should hint to the type.

[@vee4545]

I PRAY SHE TAKES LEGAL ACTION, THE AUDACITY OF THE SCHOOL PUBLICIST TO PUT THE BLAME ON THE STUDENT WHEN HE TOLD THE NURSE WHAT HAPPENED. HIS DOCTOR BILL & LEGAL FEES WOULD BELONG TO GWINNETT COUNTY SCHOOL, JUST NEGLIENT FOR NO REASON!😡

[@feliciajohns4148]

Prayers and healing AMEN

[@zoftigbeatnik]

Yet another school who didn't take proper action. You should call the Parents everytime.

[@andrewczski1969]

este ubler unfunk stebbla umba?

[@zenithrising7463]

Glad he survived. Unfortunately medical personnel are fallible.

[@Tom_And_Jerry_Fanatic_2024]

I am glad you are better.

[@kimf442]

Yes 🙌

[@MsDropofrain]

thank God he is recovering. I have a 16 yo at home, losing him would be devastating.

[@triciajones2263]

He did let the nurse know how he was feeling. Yes mistakes happen, but the nurse didn't take the time to really think of the impact of an injury from an incident like that. I hate that these schools don't care for our children the right way let alone educate them.

[@anthonyreinke9931]

Well she’s a school nurse not a medical doctor. You can’t expect to have a real doctor in the school nurses office it would never happen

[@alwaysyouramanda]

She should lose her job. She’s trained on protocol.

[@triciajones2263]

@@landor7610 I agree with you, but unfortunately people don't realize that they are actually of teaching their own children. This country keeps people in survival mode. My children are grown and things were much different then.

[@triciajones2263]

@@anthonyreinke9931 I do agree that the school nurse is not a doctor and neither am I, but with an injury that was sustained from an injury like that I would have risked over reacting and called the parent to either pick the child up to take them to the hospital for x-rays or called the ambulance.

[@InMyCruisingEra]

@@anthonyreinke9931 there are also clinic workers in schools and don’t think they’re even nurses 😬

[@jp0924]

I love how the school push the responsibility to the kid. So sad

[@worldtraveler3044]

The school’s statement blamed the child for not doing the nurse’s job!? Insanity!!

[@mariaes623]

After listening to that young man’s statement, I wonder if perhaps he wasn't able to make it clear to the nurse how the accident happened and how bad he was feeling or the nurse didn’t take the time to listen. In any case, I'm glad that he survived.

[@eatnplaytoday]

Some kids learn at young age they can’t trust others to take them seriously. So they hide their pain or downplay it. I was that type of kid. It started at home when my parents dismissed my needs. So I grew up dealing with pain by myself cause I thought others would also dismiss it and only spoke up when it got extremely emergency level bad though it could have been prevented early.

[@BTTF-fb7oz]

Wow, school blaming the kid...she should sue so they will come up with a better plan when a student is injured on the school grounds.

[@beautifulflower67]

What a freak accident! I'm surprised HE didn't call his mom, whether the school did or not. Thank God he's okay! 🙏🏽

[@MsAchampion]

🙏🏾 ❤ I hope that he recovers soon and with much healing. 😔 A lot of schools and jobs have rules that really don't work for humans 🙄 at all! Given ice? Omfg! 😢

[@angelagillett1033]

School Nurse are not doctors. They are limited by the government and school board as to what they can do.

[@JK.3]

Doesn’t matter, we’re human first, they could’ve found out his moms name or searched him up themselves in the system to contact

[@Robertrls01]

I have not seen any school with the same diagnostic tools as emergency room. I would not blame the school for giving the student an icepack, The student should of told his teacher he wasn't feeling well, and contacted his parents to bring him to the hospital for an evaluation. This always ends with people sueing whoever they can for an easy payday. Then everybody's taxes go up, and and schools are left with very little funding that children need for a proper education.

[@annusa556]

They should of called parent to come right then to get him and take him to hospital to be checked out to be on the safe side

[@jeremys6631]

Did you not listen to the whole story The kid was able to go all the way home. So that means his injuries was really a one or three on the pain scale and as the day went on it went to a 10.

[@Amtcboy]

Should *have….

[@cookiedoughmonstertravels4469]

Seriously… They’re trying to blame the child here? Hell no! I hope the parents soon.

[@ithacacomments4811]

My sister slipped playing kickball on wet grass one morning at school. She landed hard on her back. The teacher got her up and had other students walk her to the nurses office. When my parents were called they insisted that an ambulance be called. Upon evaluation in the ER, my parents were told that my sister had 4 broken spinal vertebrae.

[@trentbrownstone1481]

Explain to me how the nurse was supposed to know he had internal bleeding? In a nurses closet

[@shari9721]

Well if she had shown the slightest bit of interest in actually doing her job she would have asked a few questions , asked to see where it hurt , done a basic examination , ANYTHING she might have noticed that actual medical care was needed not just a bag of ice and dismissed .

[@addigonzalez2269]

@@shari9721 well said! A nurse doesn’t just sit on her a** and suggest an ice pack. We are trained to triage the slightest thing no matter place or people.

[@WaryJester]

Maybe because nurses are trained to identify such injuries like broken bones at least?? If a student is writhing in pain, can't breathe, and has limited mobility, and if there's pain or the ribs are at an odd angle, then that's a sign of a SERIOUS AND LIFE-THREATENING INJURY. This school nurse was being lazy and nearly got a kid killed.

[@djrukahs8926]

You ever met a nurse bro? It's what they do

[@bettynolo23]

Triage, that's how

[@bpo4736]

I feel the nurse might be one of those fake-degree nurse. Either that or the nurse was just negligent.

[@laurakyplain2413]

Thank GOd for mothers intuition to love her son unconditionally

[@myraselby9947]

Glad he's he's doing better, back home. Prayers. Hope school is held accountable

[@patriciaribaric3409]

It was an accident, and although the mother should have been called it wouldn't have changed the outcome.

[@dejamesola]

The parents still need to be called when there's an incident at school. No excuses no exceptions.

[@johndough7039]

#lawsuit brewing

[@sharpgirlsSerious]

Nowadays, the school should call the parents and let them know he was injured and needed an ice pack and asked if they wanted to pick him up early from school. Glad he is ok.

[@jeanineruggs7301]

A nurse that sadly didn't care..... she's in the wrong profession

[@BlueJuan85]

Sadly its not only this nurse but I have seen and heard others do this. That the pain is all in your head and such. Its ridiculous and unacceptable.

[@mrtodd3620]

The last part of the segment where the school district statement is read suggests that the student didn't fully articulate the level of pain he was experiencing. That might be the bigger reason he didn't receive the care he needed, not the nurse's skill level.

[@djrukahs8926]

​@The Hierophant no care given to said patient. Just get out of my office ice pack.

[@alleycat616]

You weren’t there and too don’t know the person. People assume way too much online.

[@potatopancake240]

This school system isn't safe and it never actually was. Its commonly known in the schools that they are bad and that the board and majority of the staff doesn't really care. The parents and an ambulance should have been called immediately! He would have OBVIOUSLY had difficulty breathing with the injuries he had, one would assume and hope that is against policy to not call an ambulance or at least the parents when a child is in that much pain and can't breathe. Fire the nurse, she is OBVIOUSLY heartless, like the majority if not all of the school board. This school system is absoloutly pathetic. Good job to this mom for standing up for her son and actually being able to get the news to cover it, that's not easy to do they all try to silence you and make light of pretty serious situations. When this is the standard for schools school cannot be mandatory.

[@hummingbird2254]

I got injured in gym class when a piece of gym equipment landed on my foot. I yelled the F word and the substitute teacher said that she wouldnt tolerate that kind of language, and sent me to the office. Meanwhile my big toe nail had been almost completely torn off, and three of my toes were broken. Two students had to help me walk to the office. I never told the vice principal that I had actually been sent to the office for swearing. He called my dad who took me to the hospital. I'm glad this young man is doing well now. The parents should have been notified.

[@marinasantiago24]

Middle schools and high schools don’t call parents they think kids want pass free to home

[@kathycromwell7247]

What the heck is wrong with these schools!

[@teshiamiller3196]

My daughter was 8. School nurse calls an says my daughter hit her face but she's fine . Not so. She was pushed by a bully into cement steps. Trip to ER. Doc said will try a shot in her eye socket. If doesn't work then needs surgery. I understand this families pain. Parents go to the school if get a call. It also happened to both my granddaughters.

[@victoriang2378]

😢 so what happened to the bully? A bully hit my daughter in the head , I think the school is protecting the bully, they said it was an accident

[@beckyinthebubble]

My daughter went all day at school with a scratched cornea. No phone call. Her eye was swollen when she got home. Luckily, we have an excellent doctor who was on call.

[@dazem8]

We dont know the details as far as what he told the nurse. How is she supposed to be a mind reader? That seems like a very unlikely injury so I don't think she was careless in assuming he was going to be fine.

[@anthonyreinke9931]

Put your son in a big bubble and you won’t have to worry about him ever getting hurt. It’s an accident yes the school failed at notifying the parents. But we don’t know what the student told the nurse we don’t know how much pain he was showing when he visited the nurse. If I was hurting that bad I wouldn’t just get up and go back to class. When I broke my hand in school they tried the same thing on me but I said no my hand is fckd up and finally they reached out to my parents and got me properly checked.

[@wilmaallen9872]

Absolutely plus there's a language barrier.

[@1234GIRROX]

My sister got her collar bone broken during her very first wrestling match where the coach thought it was a good idea to have her go up against a boy twice her size, they gave her ice after ignoring her pleas for help for over 10 minutes. I had to physically get up and find someone to actually help her because i could tell something was very wrong from the second she got off the mat, but she couldnt get anyone to even pay attention to her, she even tries telling her coach he just waved her away. The school did not call our parents and did not address the situation at all

[@sergioradajr2616]

An injury during in school should be treated seriously no matter what the case is. schools need real nurses or have nurses who are well trained in any scenario. But I would get a lawyer and sue the school. School should of informed the parents.

[@StevenMichaelCunningham]

EXACTLY. YES! TO IT! TO ART! TO PEACE FOR THAT MATTER! 👣

[@anthonyreinke9931]

Yea nurse should have gotten the kid an mri and X-ray then diagnosed him as well as treating him there. Without the parents consent. Then send a full medical report to his parents. How uncaring lol if the school has funding why aren’t they using those X-ray and mri machines in the nurses office

[@WillBill6143]

I definitely expected better from my school. I know the nurse personally and I thought shew would know to handle such a situation.

[@rccol7528]

Ridiculous! The young man said he clearly told them what happened. They still should have notified mom so that she would be prepared if something was different. This what they do in these schools. Let the parent make the decision whether it's serious or not.

[@alrightb]

But he did share, that is why he went to the nurse office

[@gigi6374]

School officials care more about liability then students. They deliberately cover up incidents, and refuse to tell parents what is going on. Before my mom retired a student was raped at the school she worked at and the principal called the school districts lawyers before they even offered the victim medical assistance. She had to phone her parents herself, even as the school tried to talk her into of it and the PARENTS are the ones who phoned for an ambulance for their daughter. The next day before school started they called in all the people who worked in the school and had them sign nondisclosure agreements- not to protect the victim, but to protect the school, because later it came out that the person who attacked her, beat her and raped her was STILL attending classes. They had not even suspended the kid.

[@thatamychic3517]

Oh please! You’ve got no case lady! Your son should have said something felt seriously wrong. How’s a nurse supposed to know how serious it was if your child didn’t know either.

[@anye76]

So the kid should have known an internal organ was lacerated and told the nurse then the school would have called the parent? 🤨😳blame everyone else.

[@paintproduct2332]

South Gwinnett doesn’t care, they never did. In 2007 the principal threatened to arrest anyone who wanted to be “mister bad”

[@savageb...9220]

My daughter fell n the hallway hit her head nurse gave her a ice pack ..they never called she got home kept saying her head hurt 10min later she was screaming in pain went to the hospital found out she had a concussion ...

[@geminisunleomoon]

I remember getting health insurance from school in case of an accident. Seems like it was $12 for the yr back in the mid 1970's.

[@FirstnameLastname-vy2dg]

There is no way a school nurse would have known the extent of the internal injuries even taking Respiratory rate, heart rate, blood pressure you would never know. And if the student was talking answering questions appropriately and no signs of head trauma or dilation and contraction of the pupil was normal you wouldnt know.

[@HingleMacCringleberry]

The mom is expecting too much from the public school system. The vast majority of public school teachers have the mentality that they aren’t paid enough to care.

[@FVWhimsy2010]

Clearly the nurse failed to adequately assess the boy...which is neglegent since the pain was in the area of the kidney. At the very least the parents should have been notified, to give them opportunity to decide if they wanted a doctor's evaluation.

[@80bbygrl]

School nurses give ice for everything, yes, BUT... How do we know this kid complained about anything more than maybe a headache or a bruised rib? Can't really blame the nurse/school if they didn't realize the severity. When I was young, I got hurt ALL the time. I was always getting ice packs and such. They stopped calling my parents because I was just a clumsy kid. Unless there is proof he was telling them he felt like death, can't really blame the school for this... I'm just glad he's ok!! Not trying to downplay his injury at all, but nurses hear the same stuff by many kids day in and day out.

[@NotYoung3592]

jeez people the school nurses are not specialists, just nurses, and that was their best assessment at the time.

[@MariaMaria-sr8zg]

Most of the nurses I have encountered are more than capable of assessing injuries. Especially nurses who deal with children. Maybe She wasn't capable but there's no reason to believe all nurses would make the same mistake as she did.

[@JB-dk3qc]

Guess it's safer sending them 1000's of miles with a coyote?

[@jsquad55155]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@floridawilliams]

Sue the school parents

[@regina805]

This is Outrageous. The School System Needs to Hire a More Competent Nurse. Who Actually Cares, Enough to Call the Students Parents. Monetary Damages Should be Sought. Pain & Suffering Because He Should have been Sent to the Hospital, Immediately. The Nurses Negilant Actions Nearly Cost Him, His Life The Parents Need to Find a Good Lawyer.

[@bettyvillegas9367]

Schools don't care once my son was left to play on the yard playing on a scorching hot day and by the time I picked him up he almost had a heat stroke ..how could they let children play on the hot tar yard for hours on a day of 100 degree weather or hotter my son knew no better he was 5 yrs old they new better but just didn't care and I'm so glad this young man's ok . 🙏

[@HG-ol1tq]

They gave him ice??? My school nurse only let's us lay on that little bed for like 10 mins before sending us back to class.

[@silviapeace2611]

Hell, no, that nurse not a real nurse!!!!! I "ALWAYS " "ALWAYS " TOLD my kids if u feel REALLY BAD, CALL ME ASAP .OR HAVE THEM CALL ME!!!! MOST NURSE'S AT SCHOOL R BASICALLY READY ON WAY OUT TO RETIRE , AND JUST HAVE 1ST AID KITS. GLAD THE TEEN SURVIVED.😮😮😮😊😊😊

[@starswordsaber]

I wouldn't blame the school nurse as they only took first aid class, not a medical class. Imagine if every school nurse had a doctoral degree it would cost so much more. If the school nurse has Dr. Degree "Do you have medical insurance? Your bill today will be $1000 visit".

[@roamiblu1833]

So, he was supposed to know exactly what was going on inside him?

[@cashmerequeen4064]

They should have at least called the mother and let her make an informed decision on her child!! On a side note a week ago here in my city in Washington a high school student was in gym class outside playing soccer when he tripped and fell and was impaled through his eye..... Lifelight came they got him to the hospital as soon as possible tragically he passed away he was 14 I guess somebody left a piece of rebar on the field #FOREVER 14 #RIPBRAYDEN

[@brianhoward7277]

Sounds like how the emergency room gave me ibuprofen for a broken spine two crushed vertebraes T1 and L1 compression fractures. Only ibuprofen. Sorry you can't walk? Try some ice.

[@lovinmooba601]

Wtaf what's wrong with people who don't change the smoke detector battery 🥴🥴🥴

[@myraselby9947]

They didn't bother calling and getting him asap medical attention to save their own asses!! And they never have time to comment, the order is always closed in reporter's face

[@GalacticTengu]

When I was in grade school, our school nurse position was filled by a stay at home mother. So it's not surprising not much more was done. Alot of positions are filled by stay at home mothers in the school system, at least that's the case were I grew up.

[@Louiexiii_]

Given ice💀💀💀💀

[@Passtheeejuice]

Lawsuit!

[@freespeech.7254]

School district should hire emergency doctors now?

[@keikeyleno]

Nowadays, nurse in school have no power to treat. In France, they aren't even allowed to give you meds, paracetamol only in emergency cases

[@andrewczski1969]

The school DID call, but couldn't speak in the non-American language!

[@janet5135]

unfortunately that's another problem with the school right?

[@juliaweber212]

Why didn't she call his mother let her decid

[@joetrolo7076]

Maybe they didn't call because they knew she didn't speak English. Can't respect people who live in a country long-term and don't even bother to learn the language. Before you say anything, I lived abroad and had picked up the language in 3 to 4 months. But you have to want to do that and actually interact with the native speakers. Seems like the son will be okay. I hope it continues.

[@ketikatz]

My mom had to take me to the ER after school years back, because the school didn't (I have EDS and didn't know at the time) So my wrist got fractured just before 5th period I tried to ignore the pain bit it started turning purple and swelling up Got told to go to the nurse, they never even really liked at it, just gave me ice and sent me back I still have 2 classes to do and couldn't use my dominant hand at all The ER was shook qnd told me I had q hairline fracture that could have easily broken qt anytime and I was even put in a splint for a couple weeks

[@Ep0xy]

Ice is just another word for meth correct?

[@janet5135]

No

[@Ep0xy]

@@janet5135 I actually looked it up and it is. So Yes.

[@camerondawnpeterson5100]

LOL I remember shattering my hand had a nasty boxers fracture and fragments of bone or sticking out of my skin through my hand and that's exactly what the nurse did, gave me an ice pack and sent me back to class. I couldn't even go to the hospital until I got out of school. And now I have nerve damage in my hand isn't able to grip anything.

[@Mr_blue_7777]

2 weeks wtf I would totally take 2 months after that to properly rest

[@nychris2258]

Why would anyone want to take a job that involves the custody and care of other people? You cannot win in an employment situation like that.

[@michael-k.]

Sounds like something my school would do

[@RudyRamone13]

Ice packs and Sprite. School nurses are a joke man.

[@cyankirkpatrick5194]

It used to be the saying, walk it off you lazy 🤬🤬

[@randyk7699]

Can you say lawsuit!

[@juanmartinez-ej9qz]

U fell on a knee??

[@LucrativeLeroy]

All the technology we have today and not one person could notify the parent? This is why I'm not having kids until I make enough money for private school.

[@yuantronz45]

We are officially a third world country....

[@667SatansNeighbor]

That school is there to teach kids. That's it. If a kid is having an issue... ANY issue... CALL THE PARENTS! Putting a bandaid or rubbimg dirt on an injury is awesome, but then to pat yourself on the back and go on with your day WITHOUT letting the parents know?... It's on the school. If the school made the call and got no response?... It's on the parents.

[@j-sin3344]

I mean they dont have an MRI at the school, the kids is 15 years old, you would think he would tell someone if its worse than they think it is, I mean, soo many situations people want to sue and place blame on someone else. The school didnt hurt the kid, Im sure they see 500 injuries like that every year, there was nothing to make them think it was worse, if the student didnt let them know. What they are going to alert every parent whos kid got a scrape in fear it could be 1 in a million chance its something else?

[@jsquad55155]

Right, he is 15 he had a phone he could have called his mother 😂

[@tiffanyingram3444]

My son school wow

[@user-dr8ug3gs3c]

Everybody looking for a check

[@nftshiller8485]

Yep rest assured now that an immigrant got hurt anytime from now on all students will be sent to the emergency room I can see them suing the school for 10 million

[@thegatesofdawn...1386]

Oh, they blame the boy? Let us know? He did.

[@danielbaugher826]

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