Paramedic evaluation of clinical indicators of cervical spinal injury

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 16-18

  Sahni, Ritu ^a   Menegazzi, James J ^a,b   Mosesso Jr , Vincent N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Center for Emergency Medicine of Western Pennsylvania   (United States)

Author keywords

cervical spine; evaluation; procedure protocols; spinal immobilization; spinal injury; trauma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HUMAN; INJURY; MANPOWER; MEDICAL STAFF; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; RESCUE PERSONNEL; STANDARD; TEACHING; UNITED STATES;

CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HUMANS; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; PATIENT SIMULATION; PENNSYLVANIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 0030622585     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: 15450066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10903129708958778     Document Type: Article

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