Value of a rigid collar: In need of more research and better devices

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 516-

  Smyth, Mike ^a   Cooke, Matthew W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY PRESSURE; ASPIRATION; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DECUBITUS; FRACTURE IMMOBILIZATION; HEAD MOVEMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; LETTER; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGID COLLAR; SHOULDER; SPINE INJURY; VERTEBRA BODY; VOMITING;

COMPARATIVE SYSTEM RESEARCH; DESPATCH; RESEARCH;

BRACES; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; IMMOBILIZATION; NECK;

EID: 84878018834     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emermed-2012-201413     Document Type: Letter

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