Pre-Hospital care management of a potential spinal cord injured patient: A systematic review of the literature and evidence-based guidelines

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1341-1361

  Ahn, Henry ^a   Singh, Jeffrey ^b   Nathens, Avery ^a   MacDonald, Russell D ^a   Travers, Andrew ^c   Tallon, John ^c   Fehlings, Michael G ^a   Yee, Albert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

pre hospital care; spinal cord injury; systematic review

Indexed keywords

AIR MEDICAL TRANSPORT; ATHLETE; AUTOREGULATION; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONSCIOUSNESS LEVEL; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; EMERGENCY CARE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FLEXOR REFLEX; FLUOROSCOPY; FRACTURE IMMOBILIZATION; FRACTURE TREATMENT; GUNSHOT INJURY; HEAD IMMOBILIZATION; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; INJURY SEVERITY; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); NASOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; NECK PAIN; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; ORTHOSIS; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT TRANSPORT; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRE HOSPITAL CARE; RANGE OF MOTION; RESPIRATION CONTROL; REVIEW; SACRUM; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINE FRACTURE; SPINE IMMOBILIZATION; SPLINTING; STRETCHER; SUPINE POSITION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; THORAX PRESSURE; TRACHEOSTOMY; TRANSCUTANEOUS CARBON DIOXIDE MONITORING;

CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; IMMOBILIZATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SPINAL INJURIES;

EID: 79960800926     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: 15579042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.2009.1168     Document Type: Review

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