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Blast Injury- Auditory System
FOAM Eye Catchers 11: C spine collars dumped
Much has happened of late as several organisations have one by one abandoned the hard C spine collar.
Last year scancrit reported that a major pre hospital service in Norway ceased the use of hard cervical collars.
Following this in October 2014, PHARM reported that the entire Queensland Ambulance Service (QAS) would in 2015 be ceasing the use of hard cervical collars.This was confirmed, when in December QAS released their rationale for the change, explaining why they would be replacing hard collars with soft collars. Their cervical collar procedures policy, released in February, is provided here. They are following the lead of their state-wide tertiary referral centre for spinal injuries, the Princess Alexandra Hospital, who abandoned hard collars in 2009 and have had no adverse outcomes as a result with an attendant significant reduction in complications.
This is a very significant change in practice in a large state of Australia.
FOAM Eye-Catchers 7: SMACC GOLD Highlights
Having recently returned from the FOAM-ite mecca, SMACC GOLD, in this edition I take a look at just a few of the many highlights. Given there were frequently 3 speakers on at the same time, there were many talks that I missed so this is not an all inclusive list by any means. Continue reading