C-spine collar to help secure tube

[WestMetroMedic]

there is plenty of RECENT data that shows appreciable benefit to the utilization of a GEB in improving first attempt success rates as well as reductions in the time to intubate as well.

I have been busy on PubMed tonight trying to find a study that even addresses the use of a Cervical collar in non-trauma patients to prevent inadvertent extubation during patient movement. There isn't anything as far as i can find (which is what brought me here). I think the consensus of this entire deal is that there is no research associated with this action, and perhaps someone should look into this... Maybe we are actually hurting people, or maybe we are saving people. We don't know, but it would be nice to have some science associated with this trend.

Then we can cite the sauce...

 

[highglyder]

We use twill tape (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twill_tape) and have never had an issue. Use of c-collars here is rare as is the use of a backboard. If we need to extricate we'll use the scoop and then remove it.

Considering that some research shows that c-collars increase ICP due to impeding venous return, I would be very judicious with its use.