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Assessing spinal movement during four extrication methods: a biomechanical study using healthy volunteers - Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine
Background Motor vehicle collisions are a common cause of death and serious injury. Many casualties will remain in their vehicle following a collision. Trapped patients have more injuries and are more likely to die than their untrapped counterparts. Current extrication methods are time consuming...
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A comparison of the demographics, injury patterns and outcome data for patients injured in motor vehicle collisions who are trapped compared to those patients who are not trapped - Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine
Background Motor vehicle collisions (MVCs) are a common cause of major trauma and death. Following an MVC, up to 40% of patients will be trapped in their vehicle. Extrication methods are focused on the prevention of secondary spinal injury through movement minimisation and mitigation. This...
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A Delphi study of rescue and clinical subject matter experts on the extrication of patients following a motor vehicle collision - Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine
Background Approximately 1.3 million people die each year globally as a direct result of motor vehicle collisions (MVCs). Following an MVC some patients will remain trapped in their vehicle; these patients have worse outcomes and may require extrication. Following new evidence, updated...
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Doctors to overhaul car wreck rescue techniques amid new evidence
Firefighters trained in movement minimisation since 1980s but method can be time consuming and cost lives
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trapped patients were almost twice as likely to die as those who were rapidly freed from the wreckage. Further, that the prevalence of spinal injuries among such patients was, in fact, extremely low – just 0.7% – and in around half of these cases, they had other serious injuries needing urgent medical attention.
“Our absolute focus on movement minimisation works for maybe 0.3% of patients, but it extends the entrapment time for 99.7% of them,” Nutbeam said. “Potentially hundreds of people in this country have died as a result of extended entrapment times, and if you multiply that worldwide, it’s many, many people.”