Background Discomfort is a concept found in the literature, usually related to pain. Some
sources do not distinguish between pain and discomfort. Others refer to different sources of …

The traditional prehospital management of trauma victims with potential spinal injury has
become increasingly questioned as authors and clinicians have raised concerns about over …

Background Multiple trauma in mountain environments may be associated with increased
morbidity and mortality compared to urban environments. Objective To provide evidence …

Background Telemedicine offers a unique opportunity to improve coordination and
administration for urgent patient care remotely. In an emergency setting, it has been used to …

Introduction The routine practice of pre-hospital spinal immobilisation (phSI) for patients with
suspected spinal injury has existed for decades. However, the controversy surrounding it …

Background Spinal immobilisation during extrication of patients in road traffic collisions is
routinely used despite the lack of evidence for this practice. In a previous proof of concept …

Background Immobilization is an intervention widely administered to trauma victims and
aims to reduce the victim's movements, ensuring the alignment of anatomical structures …

Objectives Limited evidence exists to guide the management of children with possible spinal
injuries in the prehospital setting. As a first step to address this, we set out to describe the …

Introduction A high degree of suspicion for spinal injury after trauma is commonplace in an
emergency department, and spinal immobilization is considered an accepted intervention to …

Objective: The objective of this review is to identify the level of discomfort caused by
immobilization as reported by trauma victims, and to map all the interventions in the …