Assess the following: Distal pulses, capillary refill, cool extremity (axillary artery) Light touch sensation of the lateral aspect of the upper arm (axillary nerve), thenar and hypothenar eminences (median and ulnar nerves), and dorsum of the 1st web space (radial nerve) Shoulder abduction against resistance, while feeling the deltoid muscle for contraction (axillary nerve): However, if this test worsens the patient's pain, omit it until after the shoulder has been reduced Thumb-index finger apposition ("OK" gesture) and finger flexion against resistance (median nerve) Finger abduction against resistance (ulnar nerve) Wrist and finger extension against resistance (radial nerve) Intra-articular analgesia If a cooperative patient chooses to try reduction without analgesia, only one such attempt should be made.