Call the other day 6 pt MCI, just one guy was my patient. 35 y/o male in MVC, his vehicle, one of those old vans that you expect to see shag carpeting in, was moving at 50km/hr, wearing seatbelt, sitting in the rear seat. They t-boned a mid size SUV going unknown speed on a icy oilfield road. No ejection, no rollover, some pain in his left wrist and left lower leg. No obvious trauma or deformity, no deficits throughout, no numbness/tingling in extremities, pt able to rotate his head with no resistance or pain, no c-spine tenderness or pain on palp, CMSx4 = and strong. All vitals in the acceptable range for his age. No altered LOC, no ETOH, A&Ox4/4, PERL, GCS15. 2 small 1cmx1cm abrasions on the front of his head.
My question is - would you have put this pt on a spineboard?
My question is - would you have put this pt on a spineboard?