My little girl, now 19 months old, has had pulled elbow twice, and the elbow now seems to be a very weak spot. The first time it happened was when I was playing with her and swinging her around, as you do with children, and an ambulance got her to A&E within 40 minutes and they popped it right back with one motion and sent us home. The second time (two days ago) she pulled it out herself trying to climb over the stairgate! I rang for an ambulance and they said it wasn't an emergency (!?)....I was told it would take up to 3 hours to get someone out to us, which is ridiculous! So I ended up googling the procedure and put it back myself. Incredibly scary, and I was in floods of tears the whole time. Thankfully she is okay now! No thanks to the 'emergency' services, which I then had to ring and tell them to forget about the ambulance!. What I want to know, is there anything my child can wear to perhaps prevent this happening again? Maybe to give extra support to the joint?
Also, as Pulled elbow happens because the joint is immature, I'm guessing this is something the child grows out of??