Prehospital spine immobilization for penetrating trauma-review and recommendations from the prehospital trauma life support executive committee

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 763-769

  Stuke, Lance E ^f   Pons, Peter T ^a   Guy, Jeffrey S ^b   Chapleau, Will P ^c   Butler, Frank K ^d   McSwain, Norman E ^e  

^a DENVER HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS   (United States)

^d Defense Health Board ^*  (United States)

^e TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal sepsis; Acute care surgery; Controlled fistula drainage; Frozen abdomen; Intestinal fistula; Open abdomen; Vacuum dressing therapy

Indexed keywords

EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ESOPHAGUS INTUBATION; FRACTURE IMMOBILIZATION; GUNSHOT INJURY; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; INCIDENCE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RESPIRATION CONTROL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINE IMMOBILIZATION; SPINE SURGERY;

EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HUMANS; IMMOBILIZATION; ORTHOTIC DEVICES; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SPINAL INJURIES; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 80052727011     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3182255cb9     Document Type: Review

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