A statewide, prehospital emergency medical service selective patient spine immobilization protocol

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 161-167

  Burton, John H ^a   Dunn, Matthew G ^a   Harmon, Nathan R ^b   Hermanson, Tari A ^b   Bradshaw, Jay R ^c  

^a ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b MAINE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Maine Emergency Medical Services   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency medical services; Spine fracture; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT SELECTION; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE FRACTURE; SPINE INJURY; SPINE STABILIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; COHORT STUDIES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMOBILIZATION; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SELECTION; SPINAL FRACTURES; TRIAGE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33746218323     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ta.0000224214.72945.c4     Document Type: Article

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