Park City Mountain Medical Clinic

Ended up only a small injury but boy oh boy was it painful. I particularly appreciated two things: 1: provided a list of specific doctors for me to follow up with and not just a generic specialty. 2: did not bring opioids up a second time. I have found some providers will bring up opioids repeatedly when pain continues but I dont want to risk them and prefer to not be tempted.
Jan 21st, 2024

Fell skiing and hurt my knee. Received prompt and great care from two doctors who had seen this kind of injury a million times before. Perfect care from reception to nurse check in/X-rays, to doctors, to admin checking with my insurance and checkout.
Apr 27th, 2023

Extremely unorganized. The people on the phones do not know how to follow through and seem to not be well trained.
Mar 1st, 2023

Feb 17th, 2023

I broke my ankle skiing at Park City on Feb 21. Ski patrol were fantastic and got me down the mountain quickly and efficiently in heavy snow at the start of a winter storm that dumped feet of snow over the next few days, and impacted our travel back to WA state. At the clinic, I was given warm blankets and checked in promptly. There was a bit of a wait to be seen, but they were busy, and there was an emergency medical situation at the same time, so the wait was understandable, but not excessively long. Staff were courteous and kind and working hard. I was xrayed and a broken fibula was confirmed. The doctor advised a walking boot and weight bearing as tolerated and to follow up with orthopedics in 5 - 7 days. This is where the 3 stars rating applies I had a lot of pain on the inner aspect of my ankle, which the doctor said did not match my X-rays, but that she had some concern about the spacing between my tibia and the little stumpy bone in the middle of your ankle (the talus), which might suggest ligament injury, but to discuss with orthopedics. I was still discharged with a walking boot to weight bear as tolerated - I couldn't weight bear due to pain at the time, so asked for and was given crutches. Over the next few days I managed to partially weight bear with the aid of the crutches and we started our long drive back to WA for my orthopedic appointment which was scheduled for 8 days post injury, their first availability. My middle toes were quite numb by day 3 and my gut was telling me not to weight bear and get seen sooner. So I went to urgent care close to home at the end of our journey. And it was the best decision I could have made. The doctors there were stunned that I was discharged weight bearing as tolerated, as my X-rays clearly showed an unstable ankle with a significantly displaced fibula fracture - the space between the bones that was mentioned at the clinic is known as a widened ankle mortise and is indicative of an unstable ankle injury that usually always requires surgery in order to preserve joint function and prevent complications. My decision to attend urgent care resulted in a splint, non weight bearing and 36 hours later being admitted for surgery. I underwent an open reduction and internal fixation, am now 2 and half weeks post op, in a cast and have another 4 weeks non weight bearing before graduating to a walking boot. I feel, that since these types of injuries are not uncommon in sports like skiing, that the red flag on my xray, commented on at the time, should have resulted in the correct advice, or resulted in a call to revise the advice once the X-rays had been reported upon by a radiologist. Fortunately for me, I listened to my inner voice, and prevented any worsening of the injury and expedited the necessary treatment, but many people don't question doctor's advice. Having an onsite facility at the mountain is wonderful and being seen quickly was amazing, but please ensure the correct discharge advice is given regardless of how busy the clinic is. Ankle stability is so, so important for quality of life, and an active life. My suggestion would be that all doctors who practice at this, or any mountain clinic, should be proficient in reading and interpreting X-rays to ensure the correct advice is given to patients.
Jan 23rd, 2023