Talk:spinal immobilization

RFV discussion: November 2011–March 2012
Really? Any protecting of the spine, and not only immobilization of the spine? &#x200b;—msh210℠ (talk) 23:44, 23 November 2011 (UTC)
 * 1)  the medical practice of protecting the cervical spine from potential or further injury after an incident of trauma such as a car accident
 * Instinctive opinion; delete. Mglovesfun (talk) 08:13, 24 November 2011 (UTC)
 * ( Just a G Troy invention under his new identity. ) Sum of parts.  Delete.    D b f  i  r  s   13:41, 25 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Yes there are many ways to protect the spine, either complete immobilization or partial stabilization. The point is to reduce the chances of further injury, if the scene is stable, then a spineboard plus spider straps and cheese blocks is in order, but if the patient is bleeding to death from gun shot woulds in addition to having been in a car accident then immobilization no longer matters, we can break the patient's neck if that means saving them from bleeding to death and in that case we do very basic stabilization with a towel, but both of forms of spinal immobilization or "C-spining" as we shorthand it to. There are a plethoera of a situations in which the goal is still just to stabilize a bit if even possible instead of complete immobilization, and this covers protecting all 5 vertebrae sections, the spinal cord, and also adding cribbage to hunchbacks and special considerations for children, it can be done with tools or simply with paramedic's hands. Any medical book would cover this and it's a bit more complex than spinal+immobilization you know what i mean?Lucifer 22:39, 25 November 2011 (UTC)
 * I certainly don't. For our purposes, can we just stick to the lexical information and leave the practical information aside? Mglovesfun (talk) 22:45, 25 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Nor do I. The details belong in Wikipedia.    D b f  i  r  s   08:09, 27 November 2011 (UTC)
 * A dictionary allows for quick reference.Lucifer 09:20, 27 November 2011 (UTC)
 * So you're saying it's called spinal immobilization even when you don't immobilize the spine? Mglovesfun (talk) 10:37, 27 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Yes, SI is actually often times impossible. Some patients have a higher priority but SI is taken into account less and later. Some people are drunk and have a broken neck from a car crash and fight you so you take minimal steps. In general its the concept of protecting the spine.Lucifer 05:19, 28 November 2011 (UTC)
 * ... so that's an attempt at spinal immobilization in order to protect the spine as far as possible.   D b f  i  r  s   09:06, 2 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Per Equinox, as interesting as all this information is, it's useless in terms of the entry spinal immobilization, which we've been asked to verify per WT:CFI, and we haven't done so. Mglovesfun (talk) 11:01, 2 December 2011 (UTC)
 * I see three quotations do you?Lucifer 00:04, 9 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Yes, there are three clear quotations for spinal immobilization but not for spinalimmobilization.   D b f  i  r  s   16:59, 12 December 2011 (UTC)


 * Deleted. - -sche (discuss) 23:38, 3 March 2012 (UTC)