Can emergency nurses use the Canadian cervical spine rule to reduce unnecessary patient immobilisation?

Accident and Emergency Nursing

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 133-140

  Miller, Phil ^a   Coffey, Frank ^a   Reid, Anne Marie ^a   Stevenson, Keith ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cervical spine injury; Immobilisation; Practice guideline; Triage

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY NURSING; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; IN SERVICE TRAINING; INJURY; MALE; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; OBSERVER VARIATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SPINE INJURY; STANDARD; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNITED KINGDOM; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; EDUCATION, NURSING, CONTINUING; EMERGENCY NURSING; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; IMMOBILIZATION; INSERVICE TRAINING; MALE; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; OBSERVER VARIATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SELECTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL INJURIES; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 33747779696     PISSN: 09652302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aaen.2006.03.003     Document Type: Article

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