FOAMcast -  An Emergency Medicine Podcast
FOAMcast - An Emergency Medicine Podcast
FOAMcast
Episode 26 - The Spinal Cord
21 minutes Posted Apr 1, 2015 at 6:11 pm.
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We review use of longboards and cervical collars for spinal immobilization using the  new ACEP statement and posts by ScanCrit (Curse of the Cervical Collar, Cervical Collar RIP,  Cervical Collars Slashed From Guidelines), a post by Dr. Minh Le Cong from PHARM, and this Medest118 post (in addition to new policy statement from ACEP) 

Then, we delve into core content pearls on differentiating spinal shock from neurogenic shock, the incomplete cord syndromes such as anterior cord syndrome, central cord syndrome, and Brown Sequard syndrome, as well as a quick and dirty review of key spinal reflexes.  We do this using Tintinalli, and Rosen's as a guide. 

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Thanks y'all!

-Jeremy Faust and Lauren Westafer