Time: 20 mins
Personnel Required: 2
Equipment Required: Bedsheet
Steps:
1. Assistant: Wrap 2 bedsheets around torso at the axilla of injured side.
2. Assistant: Apply counter-traction with bedsheets.
3. Operator: Grasp the patient's wrist, may interlock your elbow with the patient's elbow to use as a fulcrum in applying axial traction.
4. Operator: Gently apply further external shoulder rotation as necessary.
5. Place reduced arm in shoulder sling and perform a neurovascular exam.