> > Taking this a step further, if a patient is
> > cooperative and vaguely sensible
> > then why strap down their head at all? Many of
> > these patients I leave in
> > the collar but do not strap them down. instead I
> > explain to them what
> > injury they might have and ask them not to move
> > their heads around. If we
> > can trust them not to move their bodies can we not
> > also trust them not to
> > move their heads?
Yes, I fully agree, and similarly if a patient is being ventilated, I reduce
them to either collar alone or head blocks alone, depending on the clinical
scenario.
Adrian Fogarty
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