Evaluating prehospital care of patients with potential traumatic spinal cord injury: scoping review

Purpose To gain insight into current research regarding prehospital care (PHC) in patients with potential traumatic spinal cord injury (TSCI) and to disseminate the findings to the research community. Methods In March 2019, we performed a literature search of publications from January 1990 to March 2019 indexed in PubMed, gray literature including professional websites; and reference sections of selected articles for other relevant literature. This review was performed according to Arksey and O’Malley’s framework. Results There were 42 studies selected based on the inclusion criteria for review; 18 articles regarding immobilization; 12 articles regarding movement, positioning and transport; four for spinal clearance; three for airway protection; and two for the role of PHC providers. There were some articles that covered two topics: one article was regarding movement, positioning and transport and airway protection, and two were regarding spinal clearance and the role of PHC providers. Conclusion There was no uniform opinion about spinal immobilization of patients with suspected TSCI. The novel lateral trauma position and one of two High Arm IN Endangered Spine (HAINES) methods are preferred methods for unconscious patients. Controlled self-extrication for patients with stable hemodynamic status is recommended. Early and proper identifying of potential TSCI by PHC providers can significantly improve patients’ outcomes and can result in avoiding unwanted spinal immobilization. Future prospective studies with a large sample size in real-life settings are needed to provide clear and evidence-based data in PHC of patients with suspected TSCI..

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Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

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2022

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:31

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European spine journal - 31(2022), 5 vom: 21. März, Seite 1309-1329

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Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Habibi Arejan, Roya [VerfasserIn]
Asgardoon, Mohammad Hossein [VerfasserIn]
Shabany, Maryam [VerfasserIn]
Ghodsi, Zahra [VerfasserIn]
Dehghan, Hamid Reza [VerfasserIn]
Sohrabi Asl, Masoud [VerfasserIn]
Ostadrahimi, Hamidreza [VerfasserIn]
Vaccaro, Alex R. [VerfasserIn]
Rahimi-Movaghar, Vafa [VerfasserIn]

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Emergency medical services
Prehospital care
Traumatic spinal cord injury

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© The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature 2022

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10.1007/s00586-022-07164-4

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OLC207872579X