Comparison of different techniques for prehospital cervical spine immobilization: Biomechanical measurements with a wireless motion capture system.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Various rescue techniques are used for the prehospital transport of trauma patients. This study compares different techniques in terms of immobilization of the cervical spine and the rescue time.

Methods

A wireless motion capture system (Xsens Technologies, Enschede, The Netherlands) was used to record motion in three-dimensional space and the rescue time in a standardized environment. Immobilization was performed by applying different techniques through different teams of trained paramedics and physicians. All tests were performed on the set course, starting with the test person lying on the floor and ending with the test person lying on an ambulance cot ready to be loaded into an ambulance. Six different settings for rescue techniques were examined: rescue sheet

SUBMITTER: Morag S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10683997 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature