Parents of children who had Pulled Elbow / Nursemaid Elbow / Radial Head Subluxation?

[MedicalStudentUEMS]

Hello,
I am a medical student currently writing an essay on Pulled Elbow. As part of this, I need to include a portion about the patient/parent experience, and was wondering whether anyone would be happy to share their experiences/answer questions about it?
Thanks

Bumping for the afternoon crowd

Hi, yes this happened to DS twice before he was 3! 😳
Happy to answer any questions OP

It’s a pretty common injury - you might be better off visiting the ED/fracture clinic of whichever hospital you’re attached to and seeing if there are any customers you could chat with there.

@TightPants That would be incredibly useful! Would you be happy to do it on the thread or through DMs?
In terms of questions:
What caused your child's pulled elbow?
How did you feel going into the Paediatric Emergency room?
How was this treated? Were you involved in anyway?
Did you have any concerns about the treatment? Were they addressed?
How did you feel when your child suffered from the condition again?

This happend to my 2 year-old at the weekend. Happy to comment if you can pm me.

@Bumbers I'm sorry to hear that but would be grateful for the help! I hope they are doing better

@Bumbers

In terms of questions:
What caused your child's pulled elbow?
How did you feel going into the Paediatric Emergency room?
How was this treated? Were you involved in anyway?
Did you have any concerns about the treatment? Were they addressed?

My daughter had pulled elbow, happy to answer questions

@WrongLife That would be extremely useful. I'm happy to discuss in DMs or thread. If you could answer any of the following questions it would be much appreciated
What caused your child's pulled elbow?
How did you feel going into the Paediatric Emergency room?
How was this treated? Were you involved in anyway?
Did you have any concerns about the treatment? Were they addressed?
If your child suffered from the condition again after treatment? (If yes, how that made you feel)

@MedicalStudentUEMS Can you send me the questions as a DM please? Ta

I was holding her hand and she slipped over and I pulled her arm instinctively to stop her hitting the floor.

There is no paediatric A&E where I am, we were seen at the local hospital minor injuries unit. It was fine, we'd been there before with other children, so I knew the routine. She was howling and when I said she's not using her arm and I'd pulled it, the doctor said oh I know what that is, come straight through it'll only take a minute.

Doctor had her sat on my lap and just flicked something in her elbow and that was it. Gave her some calpol and we were all done. I hadn't even finished filling in the forms, we were despatched out the door. I don't think it took longer than 15min from walking into the building to walking out.

totally happy, never had a reoccurrence.

Have tried to PM, but never really fo that, so let me know if it hasn't worked.

@TightPants I believe I have, if not let me know.

@Bumbers It worked. Thank you!

My child and their sibling were pushing/struggling to race each other down the stairs. The 6 year old complained afterwards their arm was sore so I took them to the GP and explained what had happened. The GP beckoned the child over and asked to look; then quickly manipulated it, causing them to cry out. The GP apologised for not pre-warming us as the child needed to be relaxed for the procedure to work, and then explained it was a 'pulled elbow' and a common early childhood injury. We were in and out of the Surgery in 5 minutes, all resolved with no after effects.

It happened to DS 3 times before he was 4:

What caused your child's pulled elbow?
First time - friend pulling him up a slope at the park
Second time - held onto rail at top of slide for too long once he started sliding and pulled it.
Third time - he tripped whilst holding my hand

How did you feel going into the Paediatric Emergency room?

First time - quite calm. It happened to me as a child so we were quite sure what had happened and that he'd be ok

Second time - disbelief that he'd done it again.

Third time - didn't go to ER as I put it back myself (see below)

How was this treated? Were you involved in anyway?

First 2 times - Dr put it back into place. On the second time, the ER consultant was training medical students and invited me to watch how to do it so I'd be able to do it at home if it happened again.

Did you have any concerns about the treatment? Were they addressed?

No none. I was taught well and was confident to treat it myself the third time it happened.