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>It's just a question of emphasis, Marcello. ATLS has already moved away from
>rigid (excuse the pun) c-spine control in penetrating trauma, where it is now
>recognised that too much "fiddling about" at the scene can be harmful.
Hmm - not sure about that - recent ATLS didn't send that message,
although I did ask the question - 'Is cervical spine control killing
people because it stops the public from bundling folk into their
vehicles and bringing them to a hospital?'
...I didn't get an answer ;-)
Cheers
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