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A summary thread from the great Emergency Medicine Australasia issue I finally read on the plane; @EMAJournal #foamed
Thom study in EMA: patients with unstable cervical #fractures can sit (29%), walk (63%), lack midline tenderness (27%), and have delayed presentation (20%).
Thom study in EMA: patients with unstable cervical #fractures can sit (29%), walk (63%), lack midline tenderness (27%), and have delayed presentation (20%).
@EMAJournal #emergencymedicine
surf injuries were mostly lower c-spine
NEXUS underperformed compared to Canadian C-spine.
#drowning and cervical CTs are not inextricably linked: don't automatically image unless signs of axial loading/very specific concerns
surf injuries were mostly lower c-spine
NEXUS underperformed compared to Canadian C-spine.
#drowning and cervical CTs are not inextricably linked: don't automatically image unless signs of axial loading/very specific concerns
@EMAJournal [my $0.02 on immobilising (virtually) anyone prehospitally: cervical immobilisation is a myth: collars don't actually immobilise, and 'immobilisation' doesn't actually prevent neurological injury...it *does* however harm (eg aspiration and other harms)]
