• Login
    View Item 
    •   Home
    • South Central Ambulance Service [SCAS]
    • Publications - South Central Ambulance Service
    • View Item
    •   Home
    • South Central Ambulance Service [SCAS]
    • Publications - South Central Ambulance Service
    • View Item
    JavaScript is disabled for your browser. Some features of this site may not work without it.

    Browse

    All of amberCommunitiesPublication DateAuthorsTitlesSubjectsJournal TitleThis CollectionPublication DateAuthorsTitlesSubjectsJournal TitleProfilesView

    My Account

    LoginRegister

    About amber

    About amberGeneral Policies Terms of DepositSuggest an addition to amberamber Advisory NoteBrief Guide to searching amber

    Statistics

    Display statistics

    Prehospital clearance of the cervical spine: does it need to be a pain in the neck?

    • CSV
    • RefMan
    • EndNote
    • BibTex
    • RefWorks
    Average rating
     
       votes
    Cast your vote
    You can rate an item by clicking the amount of stars they wish to award to this item. When enough users have cast their vote on this item, the average rating will also be shown.
    Star rating
     
    Your vote was cast
    Thank you for your feedback
    Author
    Armstrong, B.P.
    Simpson, H.K.
    Crouch, Robert
    Deakin, Charles cc
    Keyword
    Emergency Medical Services
    Ambulatory Care
    Patient Discharge
    Cervical Vertebrae
    Clinical Audit
    Journal title
    Emergency Medicine Journal
    
    Metadata
    Show full item record
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12417/957
    DOI
    10.1136/emj.2006.041897
    Abstract
    Prehospital cervical spine (c-spine) immobilisation is common, despite c-spine injury being relatively rare. Unnecessary immobilisation results in a significant burden on limited prehospital and emergency department (ED) resources. This study aimed to determine whether the incidence of unnecessary c-spine immobilisation by ambulance personnel could be safely reduced through the implementation of an evidence-based algorithm. Following a training programme, complete forms on 103 patients were identified during the audit period, of which 69 (67%) patients had their c-spines cleared at scene. Of these, 60 (87%) were discharged at scene, with no clinical adverse events reported, and 9 (13%) were taken to the local ED with non-distracting minor injuries, all being discharged home the same day. 34 (33%) patients could not have their c-spines safely cleared at scene according to the algorithm. Of these, 4 (12%) patients self-discharged at scene and 30 (88%) were conveyed to an ED as per the normal procedure. C-spine clearance at scene by ambulance personnel may have positive impacts on patient care, efficient use of resources and cost to healthcare organisations. https://emj.bmj.com/content/24/7/501 This is an Open Access article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/emj.2006.041897
    ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
    10.1136/emj.2006.041897
    Scopus Count
    Collections
    Publications - South Central Ambulance Service

    entitlement

     

    DSpace software (copyright © 2002 - 2023)  DuraSpace
    Quick Guide | Contact Us
    Open Repository is a service operated by 
    Atmire NV
     

    Export search results

    The export option will allow you to export the current search results of the entered query to a file. Different formats are available for download. To export the items, click on the button corresponding with the preferred download format.

    By default, clicking on the export buttons will result in a download of the allowed maximum amount of items.

    To select a subset of the search results, click "Selective Export" button and make a selection of the items you want to export. The amount of items that can be exported at once is similarly restricted as the full export.

    After making a selection, click one of the export format buttons. The amount of items that will be exported is indicated in the bubble next to export format.