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If anyone has read the above article by Hauswald in the latest edition of EMJ I would love to hear from you via PM.
Many thanks
Smash
Many thanks
Smash
I think the biggest stigma in EMS is when some believe they "rule out" spinal injuries totally by the field exam. Spinal injuries can come in many degrees and even physicians get caught up in that to where they make huge mistakes. It does not necessarily mean all should be collaring and placing on a rigid board. But, it does not mean you should make them walk into the ambulance either because your simple field test indicated they appeared to be fine either. In EMS it seems the principle is "all or nothing". Paramedics are just not that accepting of alternative methods much like the alternative airways.