Combined tool approach is 100% successful for emergency football face mask removal

Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 452-457

  Copeland, Aaron J ^a   Decoster, Laura C ^a   Swartz, Erik E ^b   Gattie, Eric R ^a   Gale, Stephanie D ^a  

^a New Hampshire Musculoskeletal Institute   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical spine injury; Emergency management; Football helmet

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; EMERGENCY CARE; FACE MASK; FOOTBALL; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HELMET; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPORT INJURY; SPORTS MEDICINE;

ATHLETIC INJURIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FOOTBALL; HEAD PROTECTIVE DEVICES; HUMANS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAFETY; SPINAL INJURIES; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 36048945343     PISSN: 1050642X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JSM.0b013e31815b187d     Document Type: Article

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