Cervical Spine Immobilization

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Andrew Cathers, MD Med Flight Faculty

University of Wisconsin-Madison

acathers@medicine.wisc.edu AndrewCathers@gmail.com

EPIDEMIOLOGY

BENEFITS/RATIONALE

• Patient may have an unstable C-spine injury • Additional movement may worsen injury • Hard collars may prevent these movements • Hard collars are relatively harmless

IMMOBILIZATION

CONSENSUS STATEMENTS

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