Spinal precautions/ Spinal Cord, Functions, Structure.
To reduce spinal column movement during the first examination, care, and rescue of a [mfn]trauma patient[/mfn] with a suspected spinal injury. Paraplegia and quadriplegia are two neurological symptoms that are presumed to be a result of a spinal cord injury linked to spinal column instability. The cervical, thoracic, and lumbar spines are immobilised in a …