The relevance of the occult cervical spine controversy and mechanism of injury to prehospital protocols: A review of the issues and literature

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 228-233

  Butman, Alexander M ^a,b   Schelble, Daniel T ^b   Vomacka, Richard W ^c  

^a Emergency Training Institute   (United States)

^b AKRON GENERAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Cuyahoga Community College   (United States)

Author keywords

cervical spine; controversy; curricula; fractures; immobilization; mechanism of injury; occult cervical spinal injury; prehospital; spinal cord; spinal injury

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; INJURY; METHODOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; STANDARD;

BIOMECHANICS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HUMANS; IMMOBILIZATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0030184813     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X00043004     Document Type: Article

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