Sports prehospital-immediate care and spinal injury: not a car crash in sight. Issue 16 (18th October 2012)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Hanson, Jonathan R; Carlin, Brian
• Is Part Of: British journal of sports medicine. Volume 46:Issue 16(2012)
• Page Start: 1097
• Page End: 1101
• Publication Date: 2012-10-18
• Subjects: Sporting injuries -- Training -- Pre-hospital trauma care; Sports medicine -- Periodicals; 617.1027
• DOI: 10.1136/bjsports-2012-091800
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0306-3674

Abstract

Abstract : 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.