Survey says.....

[DLH17]

7th grade summer league last week - kid playing defense moving full speed one direction and stops suddenly by putting all his weight on right leg at a tough angle. Knee buckles. Goes down on the spot in pain. Coach is summomed, players sent to direction of bench and told to stay on floor. A few moments after the coach starts talking to the kid, my partner kneels down and IDs himself as some type of full time rescue personnel. The dad nods and partner starts asking the kid if he can help him be more comfortable by turning his foot and straightening his leg so the kid could lay down. About that time, dad says "well, this guy here (standing next to him) is an ER doc". Partner immed defers.

You know, I've always been instructed to never touch a kid who is injured in any way. NEVER.

So, this situation was interesting because we had coach, dad and ER doc friend on floor AND partner was trying to assist.

I was OK with coach, dad, ER doc friend...not so comfy with partner. Maybe I'm out of line - I don't know. That partner was 10 years my senior in both age and experience so I just let him do his thing and stayed out of the way.