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Spinal Injuries in Aquatic Sports

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 June 2012

Tess Brophy ,
Glen S. Merry  and
Kenneth G. Jamieson
Tess Brophy
Affiliation:
From theUniversity of Queensland, Department of Anaesthetics, Royal Brisbane Hospital, Brisbane, Australia.
Glen S. Merry
Affiliation:
From theUniversity of Queensland, Department of Anaesthetics, Royal Brisbane Hospital, Brisbane, Australia.
Kenneth G. Jamieson
Affiliation:
From theUniversity of Queensland, Department of Anaesthetics, Royal Brisbane Hospital, Brisbane, Australia.
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Extract

Spinal injuries associated with aquatic sports account for about 30 admissions per year to spinal injury units in Australia. These injuries are considered not only for their significance to the victim, to his family and to the community, but to ensure that voluntary organizations are teaching first-aid measures which help to reduce morbidity and mortality—for on those first-aid measures depend the quality of the victim's life.

Type
Part II: Clinical Care Topics
Information
Prehospital and Disaster Medicine , Volume 1 , supplement S1: Disaster Resuscitology , 1985 , pp. 194 - 197
Copyright
Copyright © World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine 1985

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