Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | English word C-SPINE
C-SPINE
Definitions of C-SPINE
- To immobilize a person's neck and head.
- (countable, emergency medicine) A neckbrace.
- (emergency medicine) The position in which a trauma patient's cervical spine is immobilized to prevent possible or further spinal injury.
- Abbreviation of cervical spinal immobilization.
Number of letters
7
Is palindrome
No
Examples of Using C-SPINE in a Sentence
- A 64-slice CT with reconstructions does not entirely rule out ligamentous injury leading to instability, but is a practical means of identifying the majority of C-spine injuries in obtunded patients.
- In a lateral C-spine radiograph, the sign is caused by a thickened free edge of the epiglottis, which causes it to appear more radiopaque than normal, resembling the distal thumb.
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