spinal immobilization; and patient removal. It’s crucial that EMS and rescue personnel continuously exchange information about patient condition and rescue progress. This becomes even more ...

Past practice, termed spinal immobilization (SI), most often positioned ... Ongoing research at their EMS practice will investigate how these treatment trends may affect patient outcomes.

Since July 1, a new Marin EMS protocol narrowed the criteria for using full spinal immobilization — backboards, straps and all. The intent is to recognize that such equipment can be harmful in ...

One for the Road is sponsored by Hartwell Medical. A 35-year player in the industry, Hartwell Medical’s field-tested EMS ...

Bart worked as an ambulance paramedic before becoming operational medical director of the division of EMS at UBMD Emergency Medicine. Spinal immobilization was first discussed in emergency ...

But that doesn’t happen in Whatcom County, where EMS workers are among the first in the nation to reject traditional spinal immobilization techniques – a neck brace and backboard – in favor ...

Participating in both interactive and informational sessions hosted by Life EMS, Corewell Health and ... are on the same page.” Fromspinal immobilization to heat illnesses and cardiac ...