@article{ref1,
title="Sports prehospital-immediate care and spinal injury: not a car crash in sight",
journal="British journal of sports medicine",
year="2012",
author="Hanson, Jonathan R. and Carlin, Brian",
volume="46",
number="16",
pages="1097-1101",
abstract="The prehospital management of serious injury is a key skill required of pitch-side medical staff. Previously, specific training in sports prehospital-immediate care was lacking or not of a comparable standard to other aspects of emergency care. Many principles have been drawn from general prehospital care or in-hospital training courses. This article discusses sports prehospital-immediate care as a niche of general prehospital care, using spinal injury management as an illustration of the major differences. It highlights the need to develop the sport-specific prehospital evidence base, rather than relying exclusively on considerations relevant to prolonged immobilisation of multiply injured casualties from motor vehicle accidents, falls from height or burns.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0306-3674",
doi="10.1136/bjsports-2012-091800",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2012-091800"
}