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Medical Glossary
Volume 4, Issue 5March 1999
SPINAL IMMOBILISATION
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Particularly in catastrophic injury, defence will want to explore an actus novus interveniens

There is no empirical evidence for emergency rigid immobilisation over standard careful handling for severe blunt spinal injury

Neurological outcome was worse after emergency spinal immobilisation

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