Clinical Warning Copy

. . …………………. CLINICAL CONCLUSION AND WARNING …………………..

Care for the spine injury patient should only occur at a Trauma Center with adequate staff and equipment to care for same. At a lower level center your focus should be to ISAT . I mmobilize S tablize A nalyze T ransfer Implicit in this plan would be to minimize the time delay to transfer and minimize the radiograph and lab studies ( These studies should usually be done at the receiving facility ). This should be done with careful consultation and permission with the receiving facility.