The safety of nurse clearance of the cervical spine using the National Emergency X-radiography Utilization Study low-risk criteria

EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 372-376

  Meek, Robert ^a   McGannon, Dan ^a   Edwards, Liza ^b  

^a DANDENONG HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cervical vertebrae; Clinical pathways; Emergency medicine; Emergency nursing; Reliability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; NURSE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONSENSUS; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY NURSING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; SPINAL INJURIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIME FACTORS; VICTORIA;

EID: 34547101471     PISSN: 17426731     EISSN: 17426723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-6723.2007.00995.x     Document Type: Article

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