| Front | How do you stabilize a suspected spinal injury in water? |
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| Back | In order to do this: 1. Turn the patient supine (always roate the entire upper half of the body as a single unit) 2. Restore the airway and begin ventilation 3. Float a buoyant back board under the patient as you continue ventilation. 4. Secure the trunk and head to the backboard to eliminate motion of the cervical spine. Do not remove the patient from the water until this is done. 5. Remove the patient from the water on the backboard. 6. Cover the patient with a blanket, give oxygen or initiate CPR depending on pulse and breath. |
Tags: 30, emergencies, environmental
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