Trends in Prehospital Cervical Collar Utilization in Trauma Patients: Closer, But Not There Yet.
Logan MuzykaJames M BradfordPedro G TeixeiraJoseph DuBoseTatiana C P CardenasMichelle BachSadia AliMichelle RobertCarlos V R BrownPublished in: Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (2023)
Unnecessary c-spine stabilization has decreased from 2014 to 2021. However, c-collars are still being applied to patients who do not need them, both in blunt and penetrating trauma cases, while not being applied to patients who would benefit from them.
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