Wilderness Medical Society Practice Guidelines for Spine Immobilisation in the Austere Environment

Wilderness Medical Society Practice Guidelines for Spine Immobilisation in the Austere Environment

© Gary Wilson/ Pre-hospital Research Forum

© Gary Wilson/ Pre-hospital Research Forum

Wilderness & Environmental Medicine. Volume 24, Issue 3 , Pages 241-252, September 2013

In an effort to produce best-practice guidelines for spine immobilization in the austere environment, the Wilderness Medical Society convened an expert panel charged with the development of evidence-based guidelines for management of the injured or potentially injured spine in an austere (dangerous or compromised) environment. Recommendations are made regarding several factors related to spinal immobilisation. These recommendations are graded based on the quality of supporting evidence and balance between the benefits and risks or burdens for each factor according to the methodology stipulated by the American College of Chest Physicians. A treatment algorithm based on the guidelines is presented.

http://www.wemjournal.org/article/S1080-6032(13)00071-9/fulltext (full text)

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