Pre-hospital Spinal Immobilisation: An Initial Consensus ...

Spinal injuries are thankfully relatively uncommon but have the potential to cause very significant morbidity and mortality. It is reported that between 0.5 and 3% of patients presenting with blunt trauma suffer spinal cord injury (SCI). (1,2) The incidence varies globally and time has yielded increased numbers of injuries annually.

  Injury, Spinal, Immobilisations, Spinal immobilisation