Like when I accidentally stabbed my wrist with a pencil fifty years ago.
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Update: kid escaped with like the best case scenario while still having injuries that required seeing a doctor. He actually doesn’t have a dislocated shoulder (thanks EMTs?). He does, though, have a “torus fracture” in each arm. Basically, the bone bent slightly, but didn’t break, so it’s a very appropriately named condition. In his right arm, it’s by the wrist, in his left arm, it’s up more in his forearm.
Has a brace on each wrist and a sling on his right arm. Doc said he should be fine in 3-4 weeks and can do regular activities as pain allows in the meantime, except for shit like play sports (I think drumming in band is off the table, too). She said she has never seen this injury so far up the forearm before. One funny thing was that because of where it is on his right arm, it’s harder to stablize, so she gave him the option of a wrist brace or a full-arm cast. Um…the first one, please. Thanks. Still need to see an orthopedist in a week.
So now we’ll get to pay $500 for each ibuprofen they gave him and take out a second mortgage for the ER visit overall.
Also, I, too, stabbed myself in the hand with a pencil when I was around his age. I think I can still see a mark in my thumb meat.
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The kid has talent, but you need to teach him to only hurt himself in places that you can sue and have good insurance, schools are a bad target, too sympathetic.
When I called my wife from the hospital with an update, she asked how it happened and I told her that a kid accidentally tripped him when they were running in gym class. Her first question: “Is the other boy ok?”
THE FUK?
EDIT: Then again, when it dawned on me on the way to the hospital that he wasn’t wearing a shirt, I asked him where it was. He said that the EMT cut it off of him. My first concern was whether or not he was wearing his Bucks championship shirt.
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@ the EMTs jeez
That’s pretty common with trauma centers though isn’t it? Gotta check the whole body to see if you aren’t missing any other injuries.
Dislocated shoulder isn’t going to feel too hot getting the arm out of a t-shirt. “Just raise your arm up!”
It’s a ground level fall in a young person with an extremity injury. You wouldn’t cut their clothes off for that. If you were concerned you’d just take them off. It’s not some high velocity polytrauma or whatever. I was always taught to not ruin someone’s clothes, especially their jacket, unless it was really necessary. Regardless, that should be done in the trauma bay barring some specific circumstances, not in the field.
It’s not too bad. Take one arm out, then the head, then slide it over the shoulder that was dislocated and off the body.
There’s no reason to ruin someone’s clothes over that kind of injury. Confirm pulses and sensation, then transport. The EMT/Paramedic isn’t going to be reducing anything.
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Between her and the porn star you’ve got quite the range there. Respect.
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A few far-flung oases with a vast parched desert in between.
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Congrats on dodging that one.
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You got the better of that exchange by a wide margin IMO.
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https://nationaldaycalendar.com/national-cheeseburger-day-september-18/
Tomorrow is National Laxative Day.
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If we hate America should we eat a Beyond Burger with vegan “cheese” on a gluten free bun?
I have eaten this exact configuration in the last two weeks.
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You sound like a wimpy soy boy.
Did you have the tempeh bacon on it too? That really puts it over the top.
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Why does the typical pharmaceutical commercial end with “don’t take Zimulab if you’re allergic to Zimulab”?
A, shouldn’t that be obvious?
B, how TF would I know if I’m allergic to Zimulab if I’ve never taken it before?
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