International guidelines

United Kingdom

Head injury: assessment and early management

Published by:National Institute for Health and Care Excellence

Last published:2023

Cervical spine clearance in the trauma patient

Published by:British Orthopaedic Association

Last published:2021

Spinal injury: assessment and initial management

Published by:National Institute for Health and Care Excellence

Last published:2016

The management of alert, adult patients with potential cervical spine injury in the emergency department

Published by:The Royal College of Emergency Medicine

Last published:2010

North America

Consensus recommendations on the prehospital care of the injured athlete with a suspected catastrophic cervical spine injury

Published by:Spine Injury in Sport Group (SISG)

Last published:2020

Cervical spine collar clearance in the obtunded adult blunt trauma patient

Published by:Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma

Last published:2015

Guidelines for the management of acute cervical spine and spinal cord injuries

Published by:American Association of Neurological Surgeons; Congress of Neurological Surgeons

Last published:2013

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