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Patient has slipped and fallen in the bathroom and now has significant deformity to the neck. The head is extremely angulated and you suspect significant trauma to the cervical spine. The PT is alert and talking.
This is not a homework question and I haven't heard of a scenario such as this. Regardless of this patient's likely outcome, how do you transport them?
Common sense tells me you do not attempt to readjust their neck in an attempt to collar, otherwise you may sever cervical nerves or exacerbate any fractures, tissue damage, etc. Can you collar them in their current deformed position? This presents a problem if the airway is lost.
Thanks
This is not a homework question and I haven't heard of a scenario such as this. Regardless of this patient's likely outcome, how do you transport them?
Common sense tells me you do not attempt to readjust their neck in an attempt to collar, otherwise you may sever cervical nerves or exacerbate any fractures, tissue damage, etc. Can you collar them in their current deformed position? This presents a problem if the airway is lost.
Thanks