 Poster: A snowHead
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My granddaughter Hannah, had a bad fall with her snowboard at Vail today.
Had to get her stretchered off the mountain and spent an afternoon in hospital.
After examination and X rays; turns out she has strained knee ligaments.
She was given some physio and fitted with a knee brace - cost - $1025 & 50 cents.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Max13biker, all things considered that doesn't sound that bad, glad it's nothing worse than a strain
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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That sounds pretty reasonable to me. It's certainly comparable to what I've paid.
My son broke his arm in Canada last year - in a ski resort but not skiing - and the total bill was around $1,500. This might sound steep, but the costs soon add up. He needed initial treatment in our condo and a 15 mile trip in an ambulance which occupied two paramedics for a couple of hours. The accident happened out of hours, so the medical staff would otherwise have been watching the TV at home - a doctor, an anaesthetist and a radiographer would each have submitted three hours overtime to deal with him. Add in the costs of maintaining the hospital facilities and I doubt if the bill covered the cost of his treatment.
Medical treatment isn't cheap to provide, especially in remote areas.
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In Breckenridge recently my husband was feeling pretty rough so we decided to go to the medical centre to see a doctor. Just to do that was $400 - $500. We didn't bother as he suddenly felt a whole lot better ! Hope your granddaughter recovers soon.
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Cheap
7 stiches in my nose cost me (or more accuractle my insurance co) $800.
I've had similar done on the side of a rugby pitch in the UK for free by the club doc.
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fatbob, Yes but you saved on the anaesthetic 
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I had a similar injury in Austria in march and paid about €600 which worked out about £500 so about the same. The main cost was my knee brace which was €200 and the x-rays which cost €100.
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fatbob,
I've had similar done by the side of the pitch by the club vet.
When I damaged my medial collateral ligament in Banff a few years back the doc examined me and gave me a knee brace, but the charge only came to about a couple of hundred bucks.
When I got home and saw my own doctor to arrange for physio, he took one envious look at the knee brace and asked me if I'd like to donate it to the NHS on my recovery.
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If you have insurance, where is the problem. If it were at home the nhs price would be far better value!
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Max13biker, did that cost include the transport off the mountain and to the medical centre? If so, I'd say it was an absolute bargain. Hope she'll make a good recovery. What's the excess on your insurance?
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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My wife broke her leg in the US whilst skiing. When you added up the hospital bills, the extra seats on the plane home etc the total cost was $16,000 which at the exchange rate then was broadly £10,000, all picked up by the insurance bar the excess of £100. The care received was immaculate.........if you are going to break your leg then doing it in Sun Valley Idaho is not the worst place to do it. Mind you she hasnt been on a pair of skis since
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Good news - after a couple of days of bed rest, and the help of a knee brace, she was back on her board again. 
Video clip
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You know it makes sense.
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Max13biker, good to hear it. 
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