RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Sports prehospital-immediate care and spinal injury: not a car crash in sight
JF British Journal of Sports Medicine
JO Br J Sports Med
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and British Association of Sport and Exercise Medicine
SP 1097
OP 1101
DO 10.1136/bjsports-2012-091800
VO 46
IS 16
A1 Jonathan R Hanson
A1 Brian Carlin
YR 2012
UL http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/46/16/1097.abstract
AB The prehospital management of serious injury is a key skill required of pitch-side medical staff. Previously, specific training in sports prehospital-immediate care was lacking or not of a comparable standard to other aspects of emergency care. Many principles have been drawn from general prehospital care or in-hospital training courses. This article discusses sports prehospital-immediate care as a niche of general prehospital care, using spinal injury management as an illustration of the major differences. It highlights the need to develop the sport-specific prehospital evidence base, rather than relying exclusively on considerations relevant to prolonged immobilisation of multiply injured casualties from motor vehicle accidents, falls from height or burns.