Spinal clearance guideline for out-of hospital providers

Unnecessary spinal cord immobilisation is a common problem in South Africa, even though out-of hospital spinal clearance is becoming standard of care in international emergency medical care (EMC) communities. Large numbers of unnecessary spinal immobilisations, in low risk trauma patients, result in...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: M. McCaul*
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2013-12-01
Series:African Journal of Emergency Medicine
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211419X13001365