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A 7-year-old boy is brought to a Perth emergency department by his mother with a spiral fracture of the left humerus. He also has a healing circular burn on the back of one hand and bruising over both ears. His mother gives two different accounts of a fall from a trampoline. The boy says nothing. He has been admitted under the paediatric team, a skeletal survey has been requested and the hospital social worker has been referred. You are the resident. Which one of the following is the most appropriate way to notify your concern?
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