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COMPLICATION OF HARD CERVICAL COLLARS IN MULTI‐TRAUMA PATIENTS
Author(s) -
Liew S. C. C.,
Hill D. A.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1994.tb02164.x
Subject(s) - medicine , cervical collar , collar , cervical spine , complication , surgery , cervical spine injury , cervical vertebrae , mechanical engineering , engineering
All multi‐trauma patients with suspected cervical spine injury should have their cervical spine protected while other life‐threatening injuries are being managed. The application of a hard cervical collar is an acceptable method of temporarily immobilizing the cervical spine. Two cases of significant occipital pressure ulceration associated with the use of hard cervical collar are presented.