Following a motor vehicle crash, a patient has back pain and numbness in the leg. How should you extricate the patient?

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Following a motor vehicle crash, a patient has back pain and numbness in the leg. How should you extricate the patient?

When there’s back pain and numbness after a crash, treat spinal injury as a real possibility and keep the spine as still as possible during removal. The Kendrick Extrication Device is designed to provide controlled, in-line immobilization of the head, neck, and torso while the patient is disentangled from the vehicle. Using it together with a long backboard maintains proper spinal alignment during the entire extraction and transfer, minimizing movement that could worsen a spinal injury. Quick removal without immobilization or moving the patient before securing immobilization increases the risk of aggravated neurologic damage, so this approach best protects the spine during extrication and transport.

When there’s back pain and numbness after a crash, treat spinal injury as a real possibility and keep the spine as still as possible during removal. The Kendrick Extrication Device is designed to provide controlled, in-line immobilization of the head, neck, and torso while the patient is disentangled from the vehicle. Using it together with a long backboard maintains proper spinal alignment during the entire extraction and transfer, minimizing movement that could worsen a spinal injury. Quick removal without immobilization or moving the patient before securing immobilization increases the risk of aggravated neurologic damage, so this approach best protects the spine during extrication and transport.

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