A 3-year-old boy is in the emergency department of a Perth hospital with a forearm fracture after falling from…

Question

A 3-year-old boy is in the emergency department of a Perth hospital with a forearm fracture after falling from a trampoline. While you are applying the backslab his mother says quietly that his father pushed her into a wall last night, that the boy was in the room at the time, and that this has happened before. She has told nobody else. All three are due to go home together this evening. Which one of the following should you do first?

Accepted Answer

Ask whether she is safe tonight

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Arrange follow-up with her general practitioner

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Document her account in the notes

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Notify the Department of Communities

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Offer referral to the social worker

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