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Greetings;
Here is a study recently released about the Back Rafts and pressure sores. http://www.emswest.com/resources/Revolutionary.pdf
Rocco:
I don't have the info at my fingertips but it can occur in high risk patients. No one is going to expect a healthy adult to have this problem, but what about Grandma who wieghs 85 pounds and has a spine like a pretzel? People can get stuck o…
Larry,
I don't have any "science" either but I do know that getting a pt off a backboard should be a priority of any ED MD worth his/her salt. The trauma surgeons I know get pts off boards even if they know they have a spinal fx. They fully believe…
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Often good to be so identified, but sometimes dangerious.
The question should be, who hasn't had trouble with the engines in this series. This is not the "PowerStroke" of old.
Apparently Ford now has fixes for most of the problems, but recalls if issued and recall notices seem to get lost. Most likely the…
Larry,
The spine assessments used in Michigan and Maine are based on the Nexus study (I may be miss spelling it right now though). It demonstrates how safely and effectively a spine assessment can be performed and spine injury ruled out without x-ra…
Of course bed sores don't fully develope with short term backboarding. But if the patient really needed backboarding one hour prehospital and one hour ER exam for a total of two hours may be expected. That is bedsores time.
I am reading opinions, I…
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- At 10:43am on January 12, 2009,
Dave Springer said… - Larry, thank you so much for the very nice comment on my page. You are very kind. Dave
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