Evaluation of the safety of C-spine clearance by paramedics: design and methodology

BACKGROUND: Canadian Emergency Medical Services annually transport 1.3 million patients with potential neck injuries to local emergency departments. Less than 1% of those patients have a c-spine fracture and even less (0.5%) have a spinal cord injury. Most injuries occur before the arrival of parame...

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Main Authors: Vaillancourt, Christian, Charette, Manya, Kasaboski, Ann, Maloney, Justin, Wells, George A, Stiell, Ian G
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2011
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Study Protocol
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3040719/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21284880
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-227X-11-1
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