Here’s your daily reminder that people will argue over just about anything online.

Take for example Scotsman Andy Murray, who may have played his final tennis match earlier in the month at the Australian Open. Knocked out in the first round, and having spoken about the immense pain he felt daily, it appeared that he was ready to hang up his boots.

At least he’ll have a statue at Wimbledon, which is far better than Tim Henman’s hill.

On Wednesday, Andy shared this snap with fans on Instagram:

Not sure what that Felix chap in the comments is looking at, but each to their own.

Whilst most wished Andy a speedy recovery, British and American doctors began to bicker over the placement of IV drips and dressings on his arm.

Here’s the Telegraph:

The Association for Vascular Access, a trade body for clinicians specialising in the medical use of tubes, added its own annotations to the picture to highlight perceived errors.

It suggested that the British former Wimbledon champion could potentially be in danger, as “50 people die every day in America as a result of complications related to hospital tubes”.

Among the litany of concerns were “blood visible in IV tubing”, “arm hair should be clipped” and “blood pressure cuff should be on the IV-free arm”.

Above, you can see the AVA’s annotations. Below, a British consultant in intensive care and pre-hospital care with 12 years experience as an anaesthetist, added his corrections to the concerns raised by the AVA:

When contacted, he elaborated:

“I thought it was funny, we do hundreds of these procedures a day in the NHS and the majority of patients will have this sort of set-up – it is not uncommon by any stretch of the imagination.”

On the AVA’s interpretation, he added: “They are applying the wrong set of guidelines, it is like trying to apply a stock car set of rules to Formula One driving, basically.

“The stuff they are trying to suggest refers to ward-level care, which is not what he’s had done in the picture – he’s essentially just come out of theatre.

“That is what you would expect to see in recovery.

“I think someone has got a little bit excited in terms of trashing it without knowing half the story.”

Hang on, someone rushed to judgement on social media, without knowing all the facts? Doesn’t seem plausible to me.

Wherever you stand on the matter, the bad news for Murray fans is that he now looks likely to miss Wimbledon.

A comeback at a later stage would be great, but that looks increasingly unlikely.

[source:telegraph]