Why do We put cervical collars on conscious Trauma patients?

Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Benger, Jonathan ^a   Blackham, Julian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BRISTOL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSCIOUSNESS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EXERCISE; HUMAN; INJURY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; NECK; ORTHOTICS;

CONSCIOUSNESS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HUMANS; NECK; ORTHOTIC DEVICES; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 78651245229     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17577241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1757-7241-17-44     Document Type: Review

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