Spinal immobilization remains a cornerstone of prehospital and early in-hospital trauma management, aiming to prevent secondary injury to the spinal cord following suspected vertebral column ...

Discontinue use of back braces and cervical collars when possible and provide early surgical stabilization when indicated. These are a few recommendations from updated guidelines on the early ...

A study analyzing the practice of spinal motion restriction (SMR) between 2009 and 2019 has been published in the July issue of Academic Emergency Medicine (AEM), the peer-reviewed journal of the ...

In combat zones and emergency rescues, rapid evacuation and treatment can mean the difference between life and death. But prolonged immobilization during transport poses another life-threatening risk: ...