Topic: Spinal Immobilization
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Why are spinal injury patients immobilized in the ambulance?
Just as you said, to prevent further damage. There isn't really any way to know in the field just how severe an injury to the spine is, so it is done as a precaution. Surgery is not always performed on people with suspected spinal injury, a... Read More »
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What Is the Most Comfortable Board for Spinal Immobilization?
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What does the evidence say about spinal immobilization?
The incidence of C-spine injury (CSI) in blunt trauma is about 2-6%, and up 20% in the setting of concomitant TBI. While no formal guidelines exist on when or how to image, at this point CT is generally accepted as the test of choice for hi... Read More »
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