Prehospital Factors Associated With Cervical Spine Injury in Pediatric Blunt Trauma Patients.

Lorin R Browne Fahd A AhmadHamilton SchwartzMichael WallendorfNathan KuppermannE Brooke LernerJulie C Leonard

Published in: Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (2020)

EMS providers can identify risk factors associated with CSI in injured children who experience blunt trauma. These risk factors may be considered for inclusion in a pediatric CSI decision rule specific to the prehospital setting.

Keyphrases

trauma patients
risk factors
young adults
decision making