Recommendation | Quality of evidence | Strength of recommendation |
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Adult trauma patients should not undergo spinal stabilisation with a rigid cervical collar | very low | weak |
Adult trauma patients should not undergo spinal stabilisation on a hard backboard unless in case of time-critical ABCDE-unstable patients, where other spinal stabilisation measures would be more time consuming | very low | weak |
Adult ABCDE-stable patients with neurologic deficit and / or osseous spinal pain on examination should undergo spinal stabilisation in a vacuum mattress | very low | weak |
Adult trauma patients with isolated penetrating injury should not undergo spinal stabilisation | moderate | strong |
Our triaging tool should be used in order to facilitate decision on spinal stabilisation | none | good clinical practice |