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RE: Sporting memories: Getting bloodied and losing two teeth in a soccer match

Certain games stand out for all sportsmen and they are not necessarily the great victories, but the stupid instances like getting injured. We had ambulances at matches yet when I required one I was turned away and had to leave the game to get stitched up. I presumed they were there to provide medical support and obviously a head wound was not on their to do list.

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well I think the EMT's or paramedics are only qualified to treat certain things and can actually get in trouble for trying to treat anything greater than this unless it is a life or death situation. They didn't actually do the stitches on site for me but just put a bunch of gauze in my mouth. The stitches were done later. It was really strange having stitches put on the inside of my upper lip.