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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,...

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...