EMS Spinal Precautions and the Use of the Long Backboard
Authors
National Association of EMS Physicians and American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma
National Association of EMS Physicians and American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma
Full Citation
EMS Spinal Precautions and the Use of the Long Backboard. Prehospital Emergency Care 2013;17(3):392-393.
EMS Spinal Precautions and the Use of the Long Backboard. Prehospital Emergency Care 2013;17(3):392-393.
Latest Update
December 2012
December 2012
Additional Resource Documents
White CC, Domeier RM, Millin MG, NAEMSP. EMS spinal precautions and the use of the long backboard – resource document to the position statement of the National Association of EMS Physicians and the American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma. Prehospital Emergency Care 2014;18(2):306-314.
Previous Versions
- Domeier R. Indications for Prehospital Spinal Immobilization. Prehospital Emergency Care 1999;3(3):251-253.
- Clinical Guidelines for Delayed or Prolonged Transport III: Spine Injury. Rural Affairs Committee, National Association of EMS Physicians.Prehospital & Disaster Medicine 1993;8(4):369-371 and 1993;8(2):176-178.