Transportation of patients with acute traumatic cervical spine injuries

Neurosurgery

Volumn 72, Issue SUPPL.2, 2013, Pages 35-39

  Theodore, Nicholas ^a   Aarabi, Bizhan ^b   Dhall, Sanjay S ^d   Gelb, Daniel E ^c   Hurlbert, R John ^e   Rozzelle, Curtis J ^f   Ryken, Timothy C ^h   Walters, Beverly C ⁱ   Hadley, Mark N ^g  

^a BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Department of Neurosurgery ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^f CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^g University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

ⁱ BETTY AND GUY BEATTY CENTER FOR INTEGRATED RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Definitive SCI care facility; Early expeditious transfer; Transport after SCI

Indexed keywords

AIR MEDICAL TRANSPORT; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MEDLINE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SPINAL INJURIES; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS;

EID: 84874365626     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/NEU.0b013e318276edc5     Document Type: Article

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