The evidence against backboards. Backboards often don't help and may hurt--why do they persist?

EMS World. 2013 Aug;42(8):42-5.
No abstract available

MeSH terms

  • Emergency Medical Services*
  • Equipment Design
  • Humans
  • Patient Safety*
  • Protective Devices / adverse effects*
  • Restraint, Physical / instrumentation*
  • Spinal Injuries*
  • Transportation of Patients / methods*
  • United States