Are scoop stretchers suitable for use on spine-injured patients?

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 751-756

  Del Rossi, Gianluca ^a   Rechtine, Glenn R ^c   Conrad, Bryan P ^b   Horodyski, Marybeth ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; HUMAN; JOINT LIMITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE STABILIZATION;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; ELECTROMAGNETIC PHENOMENA; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; IMMOBILIZATION; MOVING AND LIFTING PATIENTS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; ROTATION; SAFETY; SPINAL INJURIES; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS;

EID: 77956592195     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2009.03.014     Document Type: Article

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