Doc liability
From your description, it sounds like the Doc was concerned about liability. Especially since this was a child,and the liability will be for many years.
I have had several combative patients,and I have found that unless you can sedate or RSI the patient, your better off limiting your fight with them. In other words I don't think you did the wrong thing for your patient. The Doc got twisted up about it but he will get over that. And the child will have a better outcome because you did the right thing. Perhaps that Doc needs to ride along for a bit. So that he can become more comfortable with treating emergency patients.
From your description, it sounds like the Doc was concerned about liability. Especially since this was a child,and the liability will be for many years.
I have had several combative patients,and I have found that unless you can sedate or RSI the patient, your better off limiting your fight with them. In other words I don't think you did the wrong thing for your patient. The Doc got twisted up about it but he will get over that. And the child will have a better outcome because you did the right thing. Perhaps that Doc needs to ride along for a bit. So that he can become more comfortable with treating emergency patients.