# Any medics in the house?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-medics-in-the-house/396327>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 17, 2007, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-medics-in-the-house/396327 "2007-03-17T12:10:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![gromehown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a5b964/32.png) [@gromehown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gromehown)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2007, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-medics-in-the-house/396327/1 "2007-03-17T12:10:13Z")

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**WARNING:**  
This clip is not for the squeamish. No blood, but it’s… not nice.

[![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYVyqlnXIh8)

Okay, so, what was this injury? What broke? To me it seems his elbow joint popped out - how would this be repaired? Or was it his forearm that broke?  
Call the police? Wtf?

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**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2007, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-medics-in-the-house/396327/2 "2007-03-17T15:24:48Z")

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It’s impossible to tell what the injury was, given that the arm is not real visible.

But the most common injuries in arm wrestling are related to distal humeral fracture, usually a spiral fracture.

Do we really need to be using spoilers in GQ?