Back pain is common: it is estimated that 60-80% of the population have back pain at some time during their life.…

Back pain is common: it is estimated that 60-80% of the population have back pain at some time during their life.…
Low back pain is a very common problem and it is estimated that 80% of the population suffer from it at some stage of their life. It is also a common presentation to emergency departments…
November 2018…
Acute back pain is something that we see fairly often in the emergency department…
This is the third in a series of Emergency Casebooks from the virtual hospital CFN General, with key learning points for staff working in an Emergency Department…