Article: Did the Bruins Raise Valid Concerns About Minnesota's Medical Staff?

[Tom Schreier]

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[Enforceror]

Interesting. This wasn't something I was aware of or had even considered but it makes sense. 

[BillieGismylover]

The damning evidence is an infection in the shoulder. I’m closer to being Dr. Nick than C Everett Coop, but I don’t think you can get an infection in your shoulder without an open wound?

[greg]

Very interesting article.  Maybe it sheds some light on the Wilds medical staff.  We always seem to have way too many injuries.  Idk it does make you wonder about it.

[Fezig]

She's taking excellent care of each of the players. 

 

[MrCheatachu]

I'd like to see this thread pulled on a bit...

The fact that McAvoy was actually admitted to the hospital for IV antibiotics along with a debridement and irrigation procedure seems to suggest that the shot he was given got infected.

The likelihood of an injection administered by a medical professional should be very low if they follow proper procedure.  

You typically only see these types of infections in junkies re-using their needles to inject god knows what in a non-sterile environment.  Hell, even junkies can manage to figure out how to poke themselves without immediately causing infection. 

So yeah, if I were the Bruins org I'd be pissed too.  Infected injection sites that require a hospital stay is serious business.

[FredJohnson]

12 hours ago, BillieGismylover said:

The damning evidence is an infection in the shoulder. I’m closer to being Dr. Nick than C Everett Coop, but I don’t think you can get an infection in your shoulder without an open wound?

I didn’t stay at a Holiday Inn Express but I think a staph infection can happen without an open wound. (There is a ton of Staph in locker rooms). I wonder what type of infection it is.

[FredJohnson]

1 hour ago, MrCheatachu said:

I'd like to see this thread pulled on a bit...

The fact that McAvoy was actually admitted to the hospital for IV antibiotics along with a debridement and irrigation procedure seems to suggest that the shot he was given got infected.

The likelihood of an injection administered by a medical professional should be very low if they follow proper procedure.  

You typically only see these types of infections in junkies re-using their needles to inject god knows what in a non-sterile environment.  Hell, even junkies can manage to figure out how to poke themselves without immediately causing infection. 

So yeah, if I were the Bruins org I'd be pissed too.  Infected injection sites that require a hospital stay is serious business.

Yup. A pain management shot in a filthy hockey locker room is risky.

[FredJohnson]

12 hours ago, greg said:

Very interesting article.  Maybe it sheds some light on the Wilds medical staff.  We always seem to have way too many injuries.  Idk it does make you wonder about it.

IMHO the injuries themselves aren’t to be blamed on the Med Staff. The recovery (and re-injury) of players is now in question for me.

[Will D. Ness]

All valid criticisms of the medical staff IMO.  It does raise questions to have this many questionable calls. 

It's still quite a bit of speculation though, but I'll play along.

One thing we do know is that medical opinion is almost universally over conservative (ie safety over risk).  The fact that the Wild have had numerous calls that went the other way makes me think that they lack power.

 

[MrCheatachu]

6 minutes ago, Will D. Ness said:

All valid criticisms of the medical staff IMO.  It does raise questions to have this many questionable calls. 

It's still quite a bit of speculation though, but I'll play along.

One thing we do know is that medical opinion is almost universally over conservative (ie safety over risk).  The fact that the Wild have had numerous calls that went the other way makes me think that they lack power.

 

If we don't use an internet message board to wildly speculate, then what is the point of it 😉?

This was the first I heard about the Maroon thing, where the wild staff let him skate and the Bruins staff shut him down.  Couple that with Lauko 'coming back too early' and kaprizov 'who the hell knows whats really going on' makes you start to wonder if the medical staff is

1. not wearing the pants and letting the players/coaches/management run the show
2. cowboys/gamblers who are willing to 'let it ride' with their players long term health
3. incompetent

The mcavoy infection has me thinking it's a combo platter.

[Patrick]

2 hours ago, FredJohnson said:

IMHO the injuries themselves aren’t to be blamed on the Med Staff. The recovery (and re-injury) of players is now in question for me.

Like Kaprizov's thrice injured now needing surgery? Or Spurgeons re injury? Or Lauko's re injury?  This has been going on for 2 YEARS now. Crazy.

[FredJohnson]

1 hour ago, Patrick said:

Like Kaprizov's thrice injured now needing surgery? Or Spurgeons re injury? Or Lauko's re injury?  This has been going on for 2 YEARS now. Crazy.

Yes, all that. 😳