The treatment of Dean Kent

[Farmer 879]

Am I alone in expressing concern about the club's treatment of poor Dean Kent last night?About half an hour after his injury, we saw him in the changing room with his arm in a sling. Someone was nearby but didn't appear to be assisting or comforting him. I've had a couple of bad orthopaedic disasters. I could see that he was in great pain, which leads into uncontrollable shock, and this appeared to be his fate last night. He was very pale.

I was surprised that, with the pain he was in, he had not been transferred to hospital for the best possible pain management. Had the game been in Melbourne I believe this would have happened. Perhaps there was no-one to coordinate this until the match was over? If games in Darwin lead to sub standard care I am even more opposed to them.

[Moonshadow 17,676]

A lot of assumptions there Farmer. Maybe ask the club for clarification to get the facts first.

[The heart beats true 18,123]

We don't know the circumstances. He may have been sitting waiting for an ambulance.

I never trust the way things are presented on TV. You can cut to anything and make up a narrative. Cameron Ling is making a career of it.

[jumbo returns 6,741]

5 minutes ago, Farmer said:

Am I alone in expressing concern about the club's treatment of poor Dean Kent last night?About half an hour after his injury, we saw him in the changing room with his arm in a sling. Someone was nearby but didn't appear to be assisting or comforting him. I've had a couple of bad orthopaedic disasters. I could see that he was in great pain, which leads into uncontrollable shock, and this appeared to be his fate last night. He was very pale.

I was surprised that, with the pain he was in, he had not been transferred to hospital for the best possible pain management. Had the game been in Melbourne I believe this would have happened. Perhaps there was no-one to coordinate this until the match was over? If games in Darwin lead to sub standard care I am even more opposed to them.

No, you're not alone - we'll probably never be privy to the action the medicos took, but to say that he was very distressed is an understatement

I wish him a speedy recovery - all the best, Dean

[deebug 1,754]

That is very bad if that is the case, the club should have at least dealt with the pain; poor guy.

Wasn't about a year or two ago a saint's player broke his arm in NZ and i think he had to fly back to Melbourne with broken? 

Lie you Farmer i agree 100% and hope the club thinks about changing it's plans next year to play at our home ground, the mighty M.C.G.

[deelete my account 1,194]

Was he in severe pain in the rooms or upset that it might've been his last game and he had planned to really have a big crack at getting back into consistent form until the injury? Perhaps both?

Edited July 16, 2017 by DominatrixTyson

[praha 11,240]

I've busted my knees and popped my shoulder. One time it was so painful I was delirious and couldn't feel the pain. The other time it was painful and uncomfortable and slowly pushing me into madness...both times I was drugged up and the pain still found a way through...unlike what the movies show pain medication and treatment is different from person to person. In the case of Dean I suspect they popped the shoulder back in and the pain he felt was from bruising and what not...and the club may have refrained from pain meds until he was hydrated. Unless he shattered the bone I don't think they'd be rushing him to hospital. 

[monoccular 17,426]

Yes, sure it looked bad him sitting up there practically on his lonesome but hey  it was virtually a screenshot - TV guys like to try to create a story.  They didn't show immediately before or after.

Maybe as has been pointed out he had had decent analgesia, and at least part of his very obvious distress was the knowledge that he had, through a freak accident (ask Joel Smith)  almost certainly missed out on an opportunity to show his stuff and resurrect his AFL career.

[BAMF 4,350]

I have no idea what happened, but I am upset about it.

[Skuit 10,031]

I thought this thread was going to be about Crossy's magic-cream.

[DeeMfc 621]

Just an observation, not sure who it was that landed on Kent as he was sliding but I'm noticing the tactic of players purposely landing on top of players sliding on their fronts to see the ball over the line with the full weight of their body and pushing them behind the shoulders into the turf with a bit of extra force. 

It doesn't look that sinister when it's happening but it's definitely done with extra force. 

The exact same thing happened when Nick Reiwoldt landed on Joel Smith resulting in what looks like the exact same injury. 

As the player cannot see when/if the the opposition players is going to push them into the turf they cannot brace themselves for it.

[jnrmac 20,060]

Kent was sitting inside the cool room. I am sure he was given the appropriate care and attention.

Yes it looked odd and he would have been devastated realising that his footy dream might be in jeopardy.

[jane02 3,748]

I felt sad for him. The mum in me wanted to give him a hug. He was clearly distressed.

[Wiseblood 24,637]

Feel bad for the bloke, but we're drawing a rather large bow to suggest he wasn't given the proper time and care with the injury.  Without actually knowing anything it's poor form to suggest we have done the wrong thing.

[Pates 9,660]

2 hours ago, Farmer said:

Am I alone in expressing concern about the club's treatment of poor Dean Kent last night?About half an hour after his injury, we saw him in the changing room with his arm in a sling. Someone was nearby but didn't appear to be assisting or comforting him. I've had a couple of bad orthopaedic disasters. I could see that he was in great pain, which leads into uncontrollable shock, and this appeared to be his fate last night. He was very pale.

I was surprised that, with the pain he was in, he had not been transferred to hospital for the best possible pain management. Had the game been in Melbourne I believe this would have happened. Perhaps there was no-one to coordinate this until the match was over? If games in Darwin lead to sub standard care I am even more opposed to them.

It's very possible that those images you saw could have been recorded and by the time it was played out there were people there with him. 

I didn't see the broadcast though so I couldn't be sure, but it's fairly common for rooms shots to be a minute or two behind the live pictures. 

[TeamPlayedFine39 8,503]

It's also worth considering that sometimes when you've been dealt a devastating blow- you might ask for people to leave you alone...

[mattjm 151]

i done my shoulder bout 10 times. it freaken hurts when out. but when back in it is okay. 

that wasn't physical pain he was in. it was mental knowing the season is over and he has had a crap year.

 

not a good look nevertheless

[KLV 1,765]

I thought it was an invasion of privacy, showing him at his most vulnerable

 

[bush demon 2,039]

19 minutes ago, Wiseblood said:

Feel bad for the bloke, but we're drawing a rather large bow to suggest he wasn't given the proper time and care with the injury.  Without actually knowing anything it's poor form to suggest we have done the wrong thing.

large bow or long bow? Query from Robin Hood.

[Wiseblood 24,637]

1 minute ago, bush demon said:

large bow or long bow? Query from Robin Hood.

It means the same thing... 

[bush demon 2,039]

if you are drawing the bow you are pulling it a (long) way back. Perhaps if Glenn Archer is posting here he could clarify...

[Pates 9,660]

3 minutes ago, demondame said:

I thought it was an invasion of privacy, showing him at his most vulnerable

 

I gotta say as someone that works in the sports TV industry it's one area I feel the most uncomfortable about. I hate injuries to anyone, I hate them being replayed time and time again, and I hate seeing the TV broadcasters highlight the anguish on the faces of players that have had particularly severe/career ending injuries. 

But it's also a reality of the world we live in, everyone wants to be "in the action" and given a front row seat to everything going on. I hate seeing it but someone who misses 10min of the coverage turns in and says "what's happened to Smithy?" And so they play it again for the benefit of the viewer. 

Must be horrible for family watching the games and seeing their son/brother/husband/friend etc injured and in pain. 

[monoccular 17,426]

23 minutes ago, mattjm said:

i done my shoulder bout 10 times. it freaken hurts when out. but when back in it is okay. 

that wasn't physical pain he was in. it was mental knowing the season is over and he has had a crap year.

 

not a good look nevertheless

matt - the first one usually hurts like hell though, doesn't it, especially until it is put back in?

Later recurrences --  meh!

[buck_nekkid 5,858]

There was a Melbourne staffer standing right behind him.  I'm sure the club showed appropriate care and attention

[Farmer 879]

2 hours ago, DominatrixTyson said:

Was he in severe pain in the rooms or upset that it might've been his last game and he had planned to really have a big crack at getting back into consistent form until the injury? Perhaps both?

You are possibly correct. It's quite possible his future career was unfolding before him. But what I am certain of is that Dean Kent was in awful pain, and I was squirming with him. Had serious pain relief been administered he wouldn't gave looked like he did. Just watch him, look at his colour.

at Docklands in R1 Smith suffered a similar injury but half an hour later, after much treatment, was sitting on the bench