Use of the spinal board within the accident and emergency department

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 108-109

  Cooke, Matthew W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Spinal boards

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; IMMOBILIZATION; ORTHOTIC DEVICES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPINAL INJURIES; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS;

EID: 0031892382     PISSN: 13510622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.15.2.108     Document Type: Article

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