by Thariq Badiudeen | Jun 27, 2024 | Critical Care, Featured, Grand Round Summaries, Resuscitation, Trauma
For decades, “spinal immobilization”, or spinal motion restriction (SMR) using backboards and cervical collars has been a “cornerstone of EMS protocols, aimed at minimizing secondary spinal cord injuries during trauma patient management. Originating...
by Miguel Cortel-LeBlanc, Richard Hoang | May 10, 2018 | Featured, Grand Round Summaries, Trauma
Traumatic injuries are amongst the most common presentations for all emergency departments (ED). In 2010, there were over 1 million patients in Canada who visited the ED for trauma, result in an cost of almost 9 billion dollars.1 Yet, in spite of their frequency,...
by emottawa | Feb 11, 2016 | Grand Round Summaries, Trauma
The principles behind spinal immobilization, including the utilization of backboards and cervical collars was derived from expert opinion in the 1960’s [1-3], and has never been subjected to a randomized controlled trial or high quality...
