Why Do We Put Cervical Collars On Conscious Trauma Patients?

In this commentary we argue that fully alert, stable and co-operative trauma patients do not require the application of a semi-rigid cervical collar, even if they are suspected of underlying cervical spine fracture, unless their conscious level deteriorates or they find the short-term support of a c...

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Autores principales: Benger, Jonathan, Blackham, Julian
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Commentary
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2751736/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19765308
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1757-7241-17-44
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description In this commentary we argue that fully alert, stable and co-operative trauma patients do not require the application of a semi-rigid cervical collar, even if they are suspected of underlying cervical spine fracture, unless their conscious level deteriorates or they find the short-term support of a cervical collar helpful. Despite the historical and cultural barriers that exist, the potential benefits are such that this hypothesis merits rigorous testing in well-designed research trials.
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spelling pubmed-27517362009-09-25 Why Do We Put Cervical Collars On Conscious Trauma Patients? Benger, Jonathan Blackham, Julian Scand J Trauma Resusc Emerg Med Commentary In this commentary we argue that fully alert, stable and co-operative trauma patients do not require the application of a semi-rigid cervical collar, even if they are suspected of underlying cervical spine fracture, unless their conscious level deteriorates or they find the short-term support of a cervical collar helpful. Despite the historical and cultural barriers that exist, the potential benefits are such that this hypothesis merits rigorous testing in well-designed research trials. BioMed Central 2009-09-18 /pmc/articles/PMC2751736/ /pubmed/19765308 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1757-7241-17-44 Text en Copyright © 2009 Benger and Blackham; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License ( (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0) ), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Why Do We Put Cervical Collars On Conscious Trauma Patients?
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title_full Why Do We Put Cervical Collars On Conscious Trauma Patients?
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title_short Why Do We Put Cervical Collars On Conscious Trauma Patients?
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2751736/
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