Mary is in a rollover MVC at freeway speeds. She self-extricated and insists she has no neck or back pain. Can we take Mary at face value or do we need to be concerned for a possible spinal cord injury and immobilize her?
Learn more in Episode 5 – Spinal Immobilization
Lots of References:
Summary of all of the above can be found here in an article my co-authors and I just recently published. Open access until 8/21/18 from the publisher.
Here are the folks who looked at every case report they could find on neurological deterioration
Only 11% of us put collars on correctly?? Sample size was just over 100 but still that says a lot.
They broke their femur and yet could clear their neck? Are distracting injuries not as big a deal as we think?