Wilderness Medical Society Clinical Practice Guidelines for Spinal Cord Protection

Seth C. Hawkins, Jason Williams, Brad L. Bennett, Arthur Islas, Dietrich Whitfield Kayser, Robert Quinn

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Resumen

The Wilderness Medical Society reconvened an expert panel to update best practice guidelines for spinal cord protection during trauma management. This panel, with membership updated in 2018, was charged with the development of evidence-based guidelines for management of the injured or potentially injured spine in wilderness environments. Recommendations are made regarding several parameters related to spinal cord protection. These recommendations are graded based on the quality of supporting evidence and balance the benefits and risks/burdens for each parameter according to the methodology stipulated by the American College of Chest Physicians. Key recommendations include the concept that interventions should be goal oriented (spinal cord/column protection in the context of overall patient and provider safety) rather than technique oriented (immobilization). This evidence-based, goal-oriented approach does not support the immobilization of suspected spinal injuries via rigid collars or backboards.

Idioma originalEnglish (US)
Páginas (desde-hasta)S87-S99
PublicaciónWilderness and Environmental Medicine
Volumen30
N.º4
DOI
EstadoPublished - dic 2019

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Emergency Medicine
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

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