Spinal precautions
Consult ortho or neurosurgery (institution dependent)
Stable fractures
TLSO brace in discussion with consulting service
Unstable fractures
Emergency operative repair unless medically unstable
TLSO brace in discussion with consulting service
Emergency operative repair unless medically unstable
Thoracic and lumbar fractures and dislocations
Airway/Pulmonary
Vertebral fractures and dislocations
Bronchial injury
Thoracic and lumbar compression fractures
Diaphragmatic trauma
Cervical fractures and dislocations
Hemothorax