In the late afternoon on a clear, brisk autumn day, you are dispatched to a nearby park for the report of an injured person. Dispatch information reveals that your patient is a 14-year-old boy who has...

In the late afternoon on a clear, brisk autumn day, you are dispatched to a nearby park for the report of an injured person. Dispatch information reveals that your patient is a 14-year-old boy who has been injured while skateboarding. When you arrive at the scene, you find your patient lying on his side, complaining of severe pain in his left arm and elbow. He states that he was trying to skate along a ledge that was 2 inches (5 cm) high when he fell and landed on the parking lot. There appears to be significant deformity between his shoulder and elbow.

 1. How should you conduct an assessment of this patient?

2. What type of injuries should you suspect with this patient?

 3. Under what circumstances should you move this patient?