has anyone heard of just putting a c-collar on the pt with no back board?
has anyone heard of just putting a c-collar on the pt with no back board?
Or the fact that some patients absolutely refuse the backboard but allow just a collar.
As far as the topic of putting a c-collar on and not putting the patient on a board, I have never seen a protocol addressing that specific situation. I have personally done it a couple of times, in people who could not tolerate the backboard due to extreme kyphosis or respiratory problems. In those cases it was just a matter of documenting why using the backboard would be immediately detrimental to the patient.
This of course assuming the crap that passes for cervical collars isn't VooDoo itself.
There may be a place for spinal motion restriction...but I don't see one in it's current form.
Maybe they read the journals...Or the fact that some patients absolutely refuse the backboard but allow just a collar.
Maybe they read the journals...
has anyone heard of just putting a c-collar on the pt with no back board?