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Neutral cervical spine positioning in the infant or young child

Neutral cervical spine positioning in the infant or young child
In young children and infants, backboard modifications that maintain safe cervical spine positioning include: recess in the board for the occiput (A) or padding under the shoulders, trunk and legs (B).
Modified from:
  1. Herzenberg JE, Hensinger RN, Dedrick DK, Phillips WA. Emergency transport and positioning of young children who have an injury of the cervical spine. The standard backboard may be hazardous. J Bone Joint Surg Am 1989; 71:15.
  2. Leonard JC, Leonard JR. Cervical spine injury. In: Strange and Schafermeyer's Pediatric Emergency Medicine, 4th ed, Schafermeyer R, Tenenbein M, Macias CG, et al (Eds), McGraw-Hill Education, New York 2015.
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