Managing ‘pulled elbow’ in the paediatric emergency department
Ella Curtis Paediatric senior staff nurse, Emergency department of King’s College Hospital, London
Ella Curtis provides a study of the evidence base for supination and forced pronation of the wrist to reduce radial head subluxation in children
Nurses are bound by the Nursing and Midwifery Council code of conduct (2008) to deliver care based on the best available evidence, which involves a combination of clinical expertise and incorporating research into practice (Thompson et al 2004). This article critically evaluates the evidence base of methods available to reduce radial head subluxation in children. The author is a senior staff nurse at an inner-city paediatric emergency department in which about 30,000 children are treated each year.
Emergency Nurse.
19, 9, 24-27.
doi: 10.7748/en2012.02.19.9.24.c8942
Correspondence
ellacurtis@nhs.net
Peer review
This article has been subject to double blind peer review
Conflict of interest
None declared
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