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>Yes i could not agree more.........clearing a c spine is relativley simple
>in an a&e dept there is good research with good guidelines to follow.see the
>beggining of this string........HOWEVER.. is there any evidence for the statement
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>>Most of the patients we see who still have ?C-Spine after initial
>>(hopefully immediate) de-boarding can be left in a hard collar (not
>>taped) and told to keep still. Any conscious, coherent person with a
>>broken neck will NOT want to move anyway.
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>I wrote to the list a month or so ago asking about this.and although I got
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>replies about clearing a c spine i got none about how to immobilise a patients
>neck whilst waiting for an xray. I have seen C grades remove a collar and just
>leave bags and tape, others just use a collar and others still use both. All
>have told me that 'This is the only safe way to do it'...
>Any thoughts????????? Even better, any evidence??????????
>Yours confused.(as usual)
>Peter Cutting
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