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Cervical Spine Injury

Cervical spine injuries are rare but potentially devastating. Immobilisation of the cervical spine on the slightest suspicion of injury is recommended by most resuscitation courses.…

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TERN Top Papers August 2021

The aim of TERN Top Papers is to highlight the top emergency care related papers for emergency physicians, keeping them abreast of the latest practice-changing studies. This month’s topic is diagnosti…

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Humpty Dumpty

A 70-year-old male is brought to the Emergency Department by ambulance complaining of dizziness and generalised weakness following a fall.…

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Broken Neck or Not

A 74-year-male presented to the Emergency Department with neck pain. Whilst enjoying a round of golf, slipped backwards down a bank onto some rocks…

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Neck injury

A 62-year-old man comes into the Emergency Department in the early hours of the morning following a fall…

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C-spine skills

Most patients arrive with c-spine immobilisation, now called “restriction of c-spine movement or ROCSM”, in situ. If they haven’t, and they need it, there’s a few steps to take…

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May 2019 Podcast

This month we have a discussion on the Manchester Bombing | Scribes in the ED | TERN TIRED | PTX and haemothorax in the CT era | Horse Trauma | Roc Rocks – ED RSI with Rocuronium or Suxamethoniu…

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