Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 37, Issue 6 , Pages 609-615, June 2001

Can an out-of-hospital cervical spine clearance protocol identify all patients with injuries? An argument for selective immobilization☆☆☆

Abstract presented at the California American College of Emergency Physicians’ Scientific Assembly, San Diego, CA, June 1999.

Department of Emergency Medicine, University Medical Center, Fresno, CA.

Received 18 May 2000; received in revised form 22 December 2000; accepted 21 January 2001.

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☆ Dr. Braude was a resident in Fresno at the time of the study. He is now with the Department of Emergency Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM.

☆☆ Address for reprints: Geoffrey Stroh, MD, Department of Emergency Medicine, University Medical Center, 445 S. Cedar Avenue, Fresno, CA 93702; 559-459-5105, fax, 559-459-3844; E-mail geoffrey.stroh@ucsfresno.edu.

PII: S0196-0644(01)38327-0

doi:10.1067/mem.2001.114409

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Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 37, Issue 6 , Pages 609-615, June 2001

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