spinal care during sea rescue
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Sharing experience doing sea rescue in spinal; injured patientTRANSCRIPT
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Spinal Care during Sea Rescue: HUKM experience
Ismail MS, Azhar AA, A.Khaldun, Shalimar A, Muszaphar SS.
Dept of Emergency Medicine
HUKM
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Introduction
• Spinal injury NOT common but very devastating.
• The higher the injury level the worse will be the outcome
• Most victims are in their prime time
• Significant loss of work-force to family and community and the nation
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Spine injuries
• Incidence : 40 per million (US) : 15 per million (UK)• In Malaysia: Incidence 19.8 per 1000 MVA
victims had spinal injuries• 57.89% involve the cervical spine• SCI was only 5.3% • Mean age : 29.7 years old• Age peak: 20-24 male 25-29 female• Majority : Male
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• Spinal care is very important • Should receive utmost attention
During primary survey & resuscitation Spinal immobilization > spinal clearanceRegardless of the situation
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Important reminders• Early diagnosis is essential, prompt Mx
planning for spinal & spinal cord injuries- reduce the morbidity & mortality
• Early stages- life-saving procedures takes priority.
• Movement of non-immobilized pts with unrecognized, unstable vertebral injuries put the spinal cord at high risk.
TOTAL SPINAL IMMOBILIZATION• medical & legal consequences.
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Spinal immobilization
On the land
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• Awareness: well created
• Well understood
• Much emphasis has been put
• Indications- clear
• Rescuers are quite well trained with the technique
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Spinal columnCervical
Thoracic
Lumbar
Sacrum
Coccyx
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In the sea
• Most of time it is forgotten
• Indication not clear
• Technique not well described or understood
• Not many rescuer know how to execute the procedure
• Not much attention are put into it.
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Our experience
• Put to test during the national level mock disaster drill in Kuala Terengganu
• Difficulty was noted and address to
• Feedback
• Improvement proposed
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The TEAM
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The equipment
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Semi rigid Cervical Collar
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Full set-up for spinal care duringSea/ aquatic rescue
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The transport
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The training and technique
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Training for the aquatic rescue
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Vice grip vs In-line immobilization
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• Assess airway and breathing
• Cervical collar if indicated
1. Any injury above clavicle
2. Neck pain
3. Neurological sign
4. Unconsciousness
5. History of diving
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Putting the cervical collar
• Use adjustable collar
• Applied the collar while another rescuer is supporting the head-neck with in line immobilization
• *Need to loosen / open the buoyancy vest
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Putting the patient on the aqua spinal board
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The sea rescue
• Sea condition was quite rough
• Wind was 35 knots
• Waves was between 1.5- 2.0 m
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In the sea
• Condition slight different
• Waves- much stronger
• Wind quite strong
• Helicopter downdraft was quite powerful
• Getting to the victim is more further away
• Technique remained the same
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Conclusion
• Spinal care in aquatic injuries should receive equal emphasis just like their counterpart on land injuries
• Spinal care technique should be taught to all rescuer whether it is on land or water.
• Spinal care (immobilization) technique can and should be applied to all indicated patients.
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