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Skill Guide #7 Suspected spinal injury
Emergency Action Steps.
Assess the scene.
If the scene is unsafe or at anytime becomes unsafe. GET OUT!
Assess Victim:
Victim responsive? Identify yourself, ask if it’s ok
to help. If the victim appears weak, seriously ill or injured:
Alert. EMS (call 9-1-1)
or activate emergency action plan.
Attend to the ABCs.
Assure open airway and normal breathing, control bleeding.
Manually
Stabilize Suspected Spinal Injury
Tell responsive victim not to move.
Place your hands on both sides of victim’s head to stabilize
it.
Keep head, neck and spine in line.
Comfort, calm reassure.
Protect airway
If victim is or becomes unresponsive and has debris, blood
or difficulty breathing from secretions in the mouth or you
must leave to get help;
Use HAINES position to protect the airway. (see skill
guide #4 for procedure)
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