Maximizing comfort and minimizing ischemia: A comparison of four methods of spinal immobilization

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 250-252

  Hauswald, Mark ^a   Hsu, Michael ^b   Stockoff, Cy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VA Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Comfort; Immobilization; Injury; Ischemia; Spine

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEVICE; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; ISCHEMIA; SPINE;

EID: 0033948867     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10903120090941281     Document Type: Article

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