Articles: emergency-medicine.
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Determine the level of agreement between emergency medical technicians (EMTs) and emergency physicians (EPs) when applying an existing emergency medical services/fire department protocol for out-of-hospital clinical cervical spine injury (CSI) clearance in blunt trauma patients. ⋯ Significant disagreement in clinical CSI clearance exists between EMTs and EPs. Further research and education is recommended before widespread implementation of this practice.
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Arch Pediat Adol Med · Dec 1998
Minor head injury in children: current management practices of pediatricians, emergency physicians, and family physicians.
To describe variation in the clinical management of minor head trauma in children among primary care and emergency physicians. ⋯ Most physicians surveyed chose clinic or home observation for initial management of minor pediatric head trauma. Clinical management was more varied when patients had sustained either loss of consciousness or seizures. Further study of the appropriate management of minor head trauma in children is needed to guide physicians in their care.