Polite Dissent

Avengers #501 Chaos, part 2 of 4
Brian Michael Bendis, writer
David Finch, penciler

• Captain America suffered a dislocated left shoulder in the fight at the Avengers Mansion. In this issue, the doctor is shown smashing it back into place from behind. It’s a graphic image, but the wrong way to replace a dislocated shoulder.
  Pounding the arm back into place would chip the shoulder bone and humerus; instead the arm needs to pulled out away from the body and then forward pressure should be applied.



• The medical charts on the Wasp and Captain Britain are absolutely horrible. All they list is their name, medical record number and their condition. There’s no information that could actually help a physician.
  If they were admitted at roughly the same time, why are their medical record numbers so far apart? Not just by a few numbers; Kelsey has a 7-digit number while Janet’s is ten digits.

• Finally , I hate that I keep having to point this out but the Wasp’s nasal canula is drawn wrong.
  And why is there a tube and a wire? The tube carries the oxygen, but what possible purpose does the wire serve? There is no such thing as a “nose sensor”.