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Recommendation for changes to the guidelines of trauma patients with potential spinal injury within a regional UK ambulance trust

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Nelson, Magnus J.
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Hall, Claire
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Goodwin, Simon
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Surendra Kumar, Dhushyanthan
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Emergency Medical Services
 Pre-hospital
 Spinal Injuries
 Trauma
 Guidelines as Topic
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British Paramedic Journal
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Publications - South East Coast Ambulance Service
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http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12417/1443
DOI
10.29045/14784726.2022.12.7.3.59
Abstract
Spinal assessment and immobilisation has been a topic of debate for many years where, despite an emerging evidence base and the delivery of new guidance overseas, little has changed within UK pre-hospital practice. Since 2018, South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust has spent time working with local trauma networks and expertise from within the region and international colleagues to develop a set of C-spine assessment and immobilisation guidelines that reflect the current best available international evidence and significant changes in international pre-hospital practice from settings such as Scandinavia and Australasia. Abstract published with permission.
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