>The rule that the head should be immobilised to the spinal board last is
>standard teaching in all of the pre-hospital courses I have ever done or
>seen. It was certainly emphasised on the BASICS Refresher course I did in
>March. How much training do nurses/medical staff in A&E get in immoblising
>patients on a board?
----> Not much need for A&E staff to ever put patients on boards, merely to
take them off.
>
>I would have thought, for example, that nursing staff could safely remove a
>patient from a board on arrival (provided he/she is rock-solid stable and a
>doctor isn't poised to examine their back)
----> ...i.e. you need a doctor then anyway to decide all that, so might as
well save a 2nd roll and perform the back exam while doing a proper roll.
, using a scoop stretcher. It uses
>2 staff instead of however many are needed to log roll that size of
>patient,
>and I think (no evidence!) keeps the back straighter than all but the most
>expert log rolls.
---->Scoops walk...
>
>I do accept, howeverf, that using a scoop drives a coach and horses through
>a
>trust's non-lifting policy.
>
>James Allport
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