The Out-of-Hospital Validation of the Canadian C-Spine Rule by Paramedics

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Vaillancourt, Christian ^a,b   Stiell, Ian G ^a,b   Beaudoin, Tammy ^b   Maloney, Justin ^a   Anton, Andrew R ^c   Bradford, Paul ^d   Cain, Ed ^e   Travers, Andrew ^f   Stempien, Matt ^g   Lees, Martin ^h   Munkley, Doug ⁱ   Battram, Erica ^b   Banek, Jane ^b   Wells, George A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c The City of Calgary   (Canada)

^d Hotel Dieu Grace Hospital Windsor   (Canada)

^e DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f Government of Nova Scotia Emergency Health Services   (Canada)

^g Joseph Brant Memorial Hospital Burlington   (Canada)

^h Niagara Base Hospital ^*  (Canada)

ⁱ Greater Niagara Base Hospital   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NECK INJURY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CANADA; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK INJURIES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL INJURIES; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 70350069033     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2009.03.008     Document Type: Article

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