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Focus on Spinal Immobilization/Motion Restriction

New Immobilization Guidelines Change EMS Critical Thinking in Older Adults With Spine Trauma

Linda UnderbrinkCorrespondence[email protected]
, RN,
Alice “Twink” Dalton
, RN, MS, NRPM, CNS,
Jan Leonard
, MSPH,
Pamela W. Bourg
, PhD, RN, TCRN, FAEN,
Abigail Blackmore
, MSN, RN,
Holly Valverde
, MPH, BSN-RN, CEN,
Thomas Candlin III
, NREMT-P,
Lisa M. Caputo
, MA,
Christopher Duran
, RN, BSN, MBA,
Sherrie Peckham
, RN, BSN,
Jeff Beckman
, MD,
Brandon Daruna
, NREMT-P,
Krista Furie
, RN, BSN &
Debra Hopgood
, BA, NREMT-P show all
Pages 637-644 | Received 19 Sep 2017, Accepted 28 Dec 2017, Published online: 06 Feb 2018

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Florent Thézard, Neil McDonald, Dean Kriellaars, Gordon Giesbrecht, Erin Weldon & Rob T. Pryce. (2019) Effects of Spinal Immobilization and Spinal Motion Restriction on Head-Neck Kinematics during Ambulance Transport. Prehospital Emergency Care 23:6, pages 811-819.
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