quote:Used to be that dislocated fingers were simply part of the game---coach used to pop them back in place, pat you on the butt and back you went to the field.
As a medical professional (to be), I may or may not be legally allowed to do so. Chances are it will happen, but many healthcare professionals are not given the 'right' to reduce dislocations---something normally saved for a physician. So depending on the state and the team physician, I may or may not be able to do just that.
Now other dislocations would DQ from a game... and I have been involved with reducing a patella and multiple shoulders because the team physicians allowed the athletic trainers to do so..