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NATA Consensus Recommendations and Best Practices for Emergency Prehospital Care of SpineRelated Injured Athlete Suspected Spinal Injury Key Recommendations Athletic programs should have an emergency action plan EAP developed in conjunction with local emergency medical services agencies specific to prehospital spineinjury care. Channing Callahan. Crystal Buck. Jen . Vogl. Pathophysiology:. Injury . ranges from: transient concussion, contusion, laceration, . compression, or severing . of the spinal cord.. SCI’s can also be separated into 2 categories: . Dr. Richard Bwana Ombachi. Lecturer and Consultant Spine & Orthopaedic surgeon . Introduction. Spine -Vertebral Column/Nervous Tissue. 5% worsen in the hospital. Protection is priority –Diagnosis a secondary priority. Facts and Figures at a Glance2020SCI Data SheetThis datasheet is a quick reference on demographics and the use of services by people with spinal cord injury in the United StatesUSMuchof theinformation ReferencesAdvanced Trauma Life Support for Doctors ATLS Student Course Manual 8thed 2008 Chicago IL American College of Surgeons Ahn H Singh J Nathens A MacDonald RD Travers A Tallon J Fehlings MG and Dr. Osama Neyaz. Assistant Professor. Department Of . PMR. Anatomy of spine. 7 . cervical vertebrae . 12 . thoracic vertebrae . 5 . lumbar vertebrae . 5 . fused sacral vertebrae . 3-4 . small bones comprising the coccyx . Thoracic 10%. Lumbar 3%. Dorso lumbar 35%. Combination of areas 14%. Anatomy. Spinal cord ends below lower border of L1. Cauda equina is below L1. Mechanical injury - early ischaemia, cord edema - cord necrosis. Introduction :. 2 General Classifications. Complete Lesion . A lesion to the spinal cord where there is no preserved motor or sensory function below the level of lesion. Incomplete Lesion. A lesion to the spinal cord with incomplete damage to the cord. There may be scattered motor function, sensory function or both below the level of lesion. Robin Bischoff, CRRN Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation. rbischoff@kessler-rehab.com. Michael Stillman, MD Sidney Kimmel Medical College of . Thomas Jefferson University. michael.stillman@jefferson.edu. Frazier Rehab Institute . Spinal Cord Medicine Program. The Digestive System. Consists . of mouth, pharynx, esophagus, stomach, small & large intestines, rectum and anus. Major . functions:. Break down food to be absorbed as nutrients. Frazier Rehab . Institute. Spinal Cord Medicine Program. Urinary System. Consists . of the kidneys, ureters, bladder, sphincters and urethra. Major . functions:. Regulates . your body’s electrolytes . direct force . (. eg. : penetrating wounds ) or more likely due . to. indirect force . (. eg. : falling from a height –when spinal column collapses on its vertical axis or during violent free . movements )-. Dr. Raj Kumar . Yadav. Assist. Prof., PMR. MBBS 18/07/19. Every slide has 4 to 5 statements. . Out of these 1 statement is false. Identify it. SCI is a devastating life threatening event.. Currently 2,25000-2,28000 individuals living in U.S. with sequelae of SCI including permanent paralysis.. Anatomy of Spinal Cord . The spinal cord extends from the foramen magnum where it is continuous with the medulla . olbangata. in brainstem and continues through to the . conus medullaris.  near the second . Suspected pathological fracture due to serious spinal pathology (** iFOMPT, 2020). Suspected osteoporotic fracture (*ROS, 2022) . Spinal Fracture Pathway . Template . This pathway template has been designed in collaboration with the London Spine Networks. Please adapt as needed with your stakeholders to create a local version for your service..