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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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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