RETROSPECTIVE EVALUATION OF SPINAL IMMOBILIZATION IN TRAUMA PATIENTS IN PREHOSPITAL EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES- NEW CONTRIBUTIONS TO SELECTIVE CRITERIA
Makaleler > Tam Makale · 2025
Yazarlar: Lütfi Mert GÜLER, Ali EKŞİ
Hastane Öncesi Dergisi, Diğer Kurumların Hakemli Dergileri, Uluslararası, Scopus, 2025, cilt 10, ss 293-310
DOI: 10.54409/hod.1561721
Özet
Objective: The study aims to retrospectively evaluate the application of spinal immobilization in trauma patients within prehospital emergency medical services (PH-EMS) and to critically examine the need for refining selective criteria for its implementation. Methods: This retrospective cohort study was conducted on trauma patients who received PH-EMS between January 1, 2019, and December 31, 2022, in a province of Turkey. Data were systematically extracted from medical records and statistical analysis was performed using SPSS version 26.0. The Wilcoxon signed-rank test was applied for paired comparisons of continuous variables, while the Chi-square test was employed to evaluate the distribution of categorical variables between independent groups. A significance level of p