NYMedic828
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Has anyone mentioned how much the process of spinal immobilizing actually hinders an efficient auto extrication?
Half the time we can get someone out through the back seat or the trunk of a minivan or they could just climb out on their own but we insist that for the sake of their survival they must remain still and wait for us to rip their vehicle apart and/or try and slide them out in an extremely uncomfortable manor.
I wonder how many patients involved in major MVAs may actually have survived had we yanked them from the car in a more rapid manor and just gotten them to a surgeon that much faster? (Not many I'm sure, but still an interesting thought)
Half the time we can get someone out through the back seat or the trunk of a minivan or they could just climb out on their own but we insist that for the sake of their survival they must remain still and wait for us to rip their vehicle apart and/or try and slide them out in an extremely uncomfortable manor.
I wonder how many patients involved in major MVAs may actually have survived had we yanked them from the car in a more rapid manor and just gotten them to a surgeon that much faster? (Not many I'm sure, but still an interesting thought)