Emergency treatment for a child's dislocated elbow

Many babies are lively by nature, love to play and make noises, and have no self-protection awareness, so they are bound to suffer some accidental injuries. A dislocated arm in a child is a dangerous situation that is relatively easy to occur. So what should you do if your baby's arm is dislocated? When this happens, you must take immediate action and adopt the correct treatment method.

After a child's arm is dislocated, the baby will cry incessantly because of the sudden pain. The dislocated arm will feel pain when it is pulled. The forearm cannot rotate backward, let alone lift and hold objects. The elbow joint is semi-flexed and tender.

Emergency treatment for baby dislocation

Once the baby has a dislocation, parents do not need to panic. It is not too difficult to restore the joint to its original state within two or three hours after the dislocation. If it takes too long, the surrounding tissues will swell and recovery will be difficult.

The baby will be in great pain after a dislocation. The first thing to do is to comfort the baby and then deal with it immediately. The dislocated joint will compress the nerves, and the ligaments and muscles will be stretched, causing extreme pain with the slightest movement. Simple dislocations are often more painful than fractures. The hands will hang down in front of the chest. You can fold a large scarf into a triangle and hang your arms around your neck. However, do not move the baby's affected limb at will to avoid secondary injury to the baby's affected part during the movement. Fix the affected part first and then apply ice compress, and go to the hospital for treatment as soon as possible.

Even if the joint is restored to its original position, injured ligaments or surrounding tissue may still require treatment. The joint cannot be moved for several weeks, and the pain is more severe than if it were a broken bone.

After a child's dislocated arm is treated in the hospital, it will not affect the future movement function of the joint, so parents can rest assured. However, within a period of time after the child's dislocated arm is relocated, parents need to take special care of their children and not let them use the affected limb to avoid dislocation again and create habitual dislocation, which will then be difficult to correct.

Just be careful not to pull your baby's arm in the future. A child's arm can be easily dislocated. When my son was young, I pulled him up from the ground, but I didn't use any force. He started crying. I asked him to lift him up, but he couldn't. I took him to the clinic, and the doctor fixed it in two strokes. He never dislocated his arm again. Dislocation has no effect on the future, so don't worry. But you must pay attention in the future and don't let it dislocate again. It's okay for children to pull things by themselves, but adults will use the wrong force when pulling children. It's not good to dislocate the arm all the time, and the area will become loose, which will cause habitual dislocation.

As for dislocation, we know that if it is not handled properly, it may become habitually dislocated. Children are still young and must be protected. We must be clear about this. The emergency treatment methods for children's elbow dislocations above are very effective, so parents must use it correctly. I hope your children are healthy!