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reference on the subject of nurses clearing c-spines Sexton,J. (1999) Can nurses remove spinal boards and cervical collars safely?, Emergency Nurse 6(9)feb 1999, pp.8-12 further comments interspersed Date sent: Mon, 31 Jul 2000 09:22:31 GMT Subject: Re: Rapid C-spine clearance From: "Ian McConnell" <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] Send reply to: [log in to unmask] > Martyn > Agree with your sentiments regarding Andrew's support of appropriately > trained nursing staff performing certain tasks previously left to > medical staff and breaking down the barriers between Medics and > Nurses. > > It is important to understand why medics may display this particular > attitude as you and your colleagues are in a positition to sort it our > in the future. I've been a nurse for slightly longer than you - 18 > years, 11 of those years in critical care and have seen many examples > of nurse's being completely out of their depth and sometimes out of > control and yet they bluff and stumble on regardless. That to some extent is a fault of the blame culture which seems to pervade healthcare, but the major person at fault is the nurse who doesn't know what (s)he is saying. > You have to give > the medics their place and understand why they generically may think > nurses can only talk the talk. That's not to say the medics aren't > capable of the odd mishap ;-) All the best when you qualify -if you > decide to stay in nursing that is! The real problem is when you get medical students and PRHO's who display poor attitudes towards staff - whether they are picking inappropriate role models. > > Ian McConnell > Resuscitation Training Officer > MSc. Dip NS. NBS Dip PS. RGN > ALS Instructor (UK) Resuscitation Council > > ______________________________________________________________________ > __ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at > http://www.hotmail.com > -- Martyn Hodson, Adv. Dip. Nursing Studies Student Sheffield Uni BAEMT-FR, VAS First Responder, AED Operator [log in to unmask] / [log in to unmask] urgent messages to [log in to unmask] Listowner of [log in to unmask] http://usit.shef.ac.uk/~nra98mph/ writing for myself not the uni. or any other organisation %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%