Spinal clearance guideline for out-of hospital providers
Unnecessary spinal cord immobilisation is a common problem in South Africa, even though out-of hospital spinal clearance is becoming standard of care in international emergency medical care (EMC) communities. Large numbers of unnecessary spinal immobilisations, in low risk trauma patients, result in...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2013-12-01
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Series: | African Journal of Emergency Medicine |
Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211419X13001365 |