By: Writer’s block | expensivecare
[...] specific stuff. Don’t worry, I’ll be back here soon though. Check out my latest post on the collar [...]
View ArticleBy: Matthew Oliver
Nice post! I think C-collars are put on far to liberally these days making it extremely difficult to remove them later on, and usually leading to subsequent imaging (aka CT in the majority) for a...
View ArticleBy: expensivecare
Thanks Matt, Where would we be without the Christmas BMJ? I’m hoping the airway post will be uber controversial… David
View ArticleBy: Karen B
The only problem with Nexus & CCR is the focus is drawn to the neck with some people having parathesia, numbness & tingling in the lower spine. We have had several patients like this &...
View ArticleBy: AndyC
I work as an EMT in the UK and I’m an EM trainee. I think having the c spine cleared at scene by an ambulance crew has significant potential to be dangerous. I’ve been at several road accidents where...
View ArticleBy: rogue medic
Spinal clearance just limits the use of board and collar to the patients most likely to be injured by use of “spinal immobilization.” There is no evidence that spinal immobilization improves outcomes....
View ArticleBy: El dogma de la inmovilización cervical | Reanimación.net
[...] Fuente: Greater Sydney Area HEMS [...]
View ArticleBy: The Death of the Cervical Collar? | AmboFOAM
[…] check out ScanCrits other post here and head over to Sydney HEMS site for a three part series here, here and here as well as posts on the futility of collars in penetrating and ballistic neck […]
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