Adam Stuyvesant

“The wearing of a plastic boot can lead to lower limb immobility and the possibility of a restriction in the "calf pump function" which can lead to deep vein thrombosis”

“The DVT risk assessment in use in the Emergency Department at The Great Western Hospital, made no provision to take account of the immobilisation when considering whether anti-clotting medication should be prescribed”

“That without taking account of the immobility, as part of the DVT risk assessment, further patients may not be prescribed anti-clotting medication and as a result develop DVT, resulting in death from pulmonary embolus”