I prefer the routine whiplash to be discharged at the point of triage by an
experienced nurse giving good advise re: mobilisation / analgesia rather
than the patient getting out-dated treatment as a mis-leading excuse for
departmental inefficiency.
Nick Jenkins
A&E Consultant Abergavenny
http://www.ae-nevillhall.org.uk <http://www.ae-nevillhall.org.uk>
-----Original Message-----
From: Duncan Peacock [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 07 September 2002 09:03
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Clearance of c-spines
I agree, the soft collars give some support and take some tension off the
stretched ligaments/ muscles. More importantly the patients love them and go
away happy. This is more important when they have been waiting hours to be
seen.
Duncan
----- Original Message -----
From: Black, John
Sent: 07 September 2002 08:48
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Clearance of c-spines
A some what simplistic view....These collars can provide useful symptomatic
relief in patients who are ambulant in first few days when combined with
pharmacological strategies - try it and see!
They are not, however, an alternative to active mobilisation once the acute
symptoms have settled.
John Black
-----Original Message-----
From: Rowley Cottingham [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 22 August 2002 18:47
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Clearance of c-spines
And whatever you do, DON'T give the patient a carry-out collar of any sort.
They get better slower.
Best wishes,
Rowley Cottingham
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http://www.emergencyunit.com
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