TY - JOUR 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 SP - 1097 LP - 1101 DO - 10.1136/bjsports-2012-091800 VL - 46 IS - 16 AU - Jonathan R Hanson AU - Brian Carlin Y1 - 2012/12/01 UR - http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/46/16/1097.abstract N2 - 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. ER -