Nurses are effective at treating a common arm injury in young children, although not as successful as physicians

A clinical trial to determine if nurses in the emergency department could reduce "pulled elbows" in children at a rate similar to that of physicians found that althiough nurses were able to treat this common injury 85% of the time, physicians were more effective, with a 97% success rate. The trial is published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal).Pulled elbow, or radial-head subluxation, is a common arm injury in young children, often resulting in a visit to the emergency department.