This study from the University of North Carolina Hospitals Emergency Department was undertaken in an attempt to define “adequate” spinal immobilization and the frequency with which it’s applied to patients transported to the ED on backboards.

Image courtesy of Reeves EMS: the Reeves Sleeve II, designed for rapid immobilization.
They defined an “adequate” strap to be one […]

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