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Changes in physical examination caused by use of spinal immobilization.
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This study shows that over time, standard immobilization causes a false-positive exam for midline vertebral tenderness, and recommends that, initially on arrival to the emergency department, immediate evaluation occur of all immobilized patients.About:
This article is published in Prehospital Emergency Care.The article was published on 2002-10-01. It has received 58 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Back pain & Cervical collar.read more
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Prehospital use of cervical collars in trauma patients: a critical review.
TL;DR: This critical review discusses the pros and cons of collar use in trauma patients and proposes a safe, effective strategy for prehospital spinal immobilization that does not include routine use of collars.
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Factors Associated With Cervical Spine Injury in Children After Blunt Trauma
Julie C. Leonard,Nathan Kuppermann,Cody S. Olsen,Lynn Babcock-Cimpello,Kathleen M. Brown,Prashant Mahajan,Kathleen Adelgais,Kathleen Adelgais,Jennifer Anders,Dominic A. Borgialli,Aaron Donoghue,John D. Hoyle,Emily Kim,Jeffrey R. Leonard,Kathleen Lillis,Lise E. Nigrovic,Elizabeth C. Powell,Greg Rebella,Scott D. Reeves,Alexander J. Rogers,Curt Stankovic,Getachew Teshome,David M. Jaffe +22 more
TL;DR: An 8-variable model for cervical spine injury in children after blunt trauma that warrants prospective refinement and validation is identified.
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Prospective Performance Assessment of an Out-of-Hospital Protocol for Selective Spine Immobilization Using Clinical Spine Clearance Criteria
TL;DR: The use of the selective immobilization protocol resulted in spine immobilization for most patients with spine injury without causing harm in cases in which spine immobilizations was withheld.
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The Out-of-Hospital Validation of the Canadian C-Spine Rule by Paramedics
Christian Vaillancourt,Ian G. Stiell,Tammy Beaudoin,Justin Maloney,Andrew R. Anton,Paul Bradford,Ed Cain,Andrew H. Travers,Matt Stempien,Martin Lees,Doug Munkley,Erica Battram,Jane Banek,George A. Wells +13 more
TL;DR: This study found that paramedics can apply the Canadian C-Spine Rule reliably, without missing any important cervical spine injuries, and could significantly reduce the number of out-of-hospital cervical spine immobilizations.
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EMS Spinal Precautions and the Use of the Long Backboard –Resource Document to the Position Statement of the National Association of EMS Physicians and the American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma
TL;DR: The following provides a discussion of the elements of the National Association of EMS Physicians (NAEMSP) and American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma (ACS-COT) position statement on EMS spinal precautions and the use of the long backboard.
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Validity of a set of clinical criteria to rule out injury to the cervical spine in patients with blunt trauma. National Emergency X-Radiography Utilization Study Group.
TL;DR: A prospective, observational study of a set of clinical criteria that can identify patients who have an extremely low probability of injury and who consequently have no need for imaging studies, which identified all but 8 of the 818 patients who had cervical-spine injury.
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Rosen's emergency medicine : concepts and clinical practice.
TL;DR: Rosen's Emergency Medicine as mentioned in this paper has set the standard in emergency medicine, offering unparalleled comprehensiveness, clarity, and authority, while a more streamlined format makes it easy to find the exact information you seek more rapidly and conveniently than ever before.
Rosen's Emergency Medicine - Concepts and Clinical Practice, 2-Volume Set, 8th Edition
TL;DR: Rosen's Emergency Medicine - Concepts and Clinical Practice, 2-Volume Set, 8th Edition - Libros de Medicina - Medicina de urgencias y emergencios - 286,00
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Emergency medicine :concepts and clinical practice
TL;DR: This chapter discusses the practice of Emergency Medicine in the context of Trauma, as well as general concepts of General Concepts, Cardiopulmonary Disorders, Gastrointestinal Disorders, and Toxicologic Problems.
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Low-risk criteria for cervical-spine radiography in blunt trauma: a prospective study.
TL;DR: Cervical-spine radiology may not be necessary in patients without spinous tenderness in the neck, intoxication, altered level of alertness, or other severely painful injury.
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