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Cervical collars and immobilisation: A South African best practice recommendation

INTRODUCTION: The consequences of spinal injury as a result of trauma can be devastating. Spinal immobilisation using hard trauma boards and rigid cervical collars has traditionally been the standard response to suspected spinal injury patients even though the risk may be extremely low. Recently, ad...

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Autores principales: Stanton, D., Hardcastle, T., Muhlbauer, D., van Zyl, D.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: African Federation for Emergency Medicine 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6234176/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30456099
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.afjem.2017.01.007