mrcem2-1508

mrcem2-1508

A 7-year-old girl is hit by a car while crossing the street. She is brought to the resus area of your Emergency Department by a blue light ambulance. A trauma call is initiated, and a primary survey is conducted. She is stable hemodynamically, and the only abnormality found is a significantly swollen and deformed left thigh area. An X-ray is taken, which shows a fracture in the proximal femoral shaft. The child is experiencing intense pain, and you prepare to apply skin traction to immobilize the fracture.
What percentage of the child’s body weight should be applied to the skin traction?