twentyfourseven

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1. Is a backboard for transport only, or immobilization while in the ER?

   twentyfourseven replied to vampireslayer's topic in Emergency

   The backboard is a great tool for keeping the patient still, and being able to not repeatedly move the patient back and forth until xray/ct is done. Otherwise, you are rolling them back and forth, trying to keep everyone on the same roll over and ov...

2. Is a backboard for transport only, or immobilization while in the ER?

   twentyfourseven replied to vampireslayer's topic in Emergency

   I am a CT tech at night in a trauma center, and our docs are pulling patients off the boards right away, even when obvious damage is in the spine area. We have complained repeatedly about this, and are now being told that this is a "National Protoco...