Daycare calls me. That's never good.
For them.
Daycare: "your son hurt his elbow and won't move his arm. Can you come take him to a doctor's office?"
Me (ex Special Forces Medic): "A real doctor is on the way to you now. I am 6 mikes out. Alert me of status changes."
I arrive at daycare. I locate the patient. 21 month old male. Scene is not safe. I drag the patient to cover and concealment behind a seesaw, away from the other small terrorists in the AO.
I begin my assessment. Blood sweep negative for massive hemorrhage. Mental status: conscious and verbal but confused (answers "dada" when asked for blood type). One breath every 2 seconds. Bilateral rise and fall of the chest. Strong carotid pulse, strong bilat radial pulse.
Teeth and tongue intact no blood no mucus no dip or foreign objects. Eyes PERRLA, negative JVD/trach deviation, C-spine intact upon palpation.
Heart sounds strong upon auscultation. Percussion negative for hemo-T. Abdominal quads normal upon palpation. Pelvis negative for book sign.
Arms and legs negative for crepitus. However, Patient indicates discomfort in right arm upon palpation and supination/flexion of the elbow.
Nursemaid's elbow.
I begin interventions. Supination/flexion technique complete at 1215. Palpable clunk on successful reduction. I write the time on his chest in Sharpie. I tape a popsicle to his hand and tell the patient to suck but do not bite/chew. I write "1 x popsicle (10g sugar)" on his chest in Sharpie.
I reassess the patient after performing interventions then package the patient for handoff to daycare/higher level of care. I yell at daycare over the Blackhawk in my head: "21 month old male!!! Nursemaids elbow!!! Treated with supination/flexion technique at 1215!!! Patient has 1 x popsicle onboard!!"
Daycare: "sir please leave."
Me: "you should have called my wife."
It pains me to say this as a basketball purist, but at this point I almost want Caitlin Clark to walk away from the game.
No player should have to keep getting assaulted while everyone who should have her back stays silent.
Worse, opposing players now seem to know they can do this without fear of retribution.
This has become much bigger than basketball.
I’m confident the WNBA suspensions are forthcoming.
Because if this league is serious about player safety, you cannot watch Caitlin Clark get abused on the floor like this and pretend nothing happened.
The standard is either consistent or it is not.
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Sage Steele: "Thank you." 🙏
Michaels: "If a straight person put themselves in a thong and shook their genitalia in front of my children at ANY age, I would call the POLICE for having them expose themselves to a MINOR!"
"Take your freak out to your PERSONAL bedroom! What are you guys DOING!? What are you doing!? You are literally ruining EVERYTHING that we worked for! ... you are MAKING straight people homophobic!"