For suspected spinal fractures injured spinal fractures should be treated by. After spinal injury, do not arbitrarily turning, twisting. During the emergency, the above method shall be used. Because these methods will increase the injured spinal curvature, so that the loss of spinal cord protection squeezed, thrust damage, causing light paraplegia, severe high cervical spinal cord injury may be due to the loss of respiratory function and immediate death.

Proper handling methods are: first injured both legs straight, arms straight but also on the side, hard wood on the injured side, necessary for handling the injured as hard wood, door or blackboard, and not cover the quilt, sponges and other soft items. At least three levels of ambulance staff hold the injured torso by one person directing the whole movement, from flat to flat on the board to move the injured. In the course of the removal action should be gentle, coordinated to prevent twisting torso. Of cervical spine injury victims, carrying the wounded to have someone hold the head, to make it consistent with the trunk axis, to prevent and reverse swing. After the wounded on the hardwood board can be mounted on the sand underwear fixed injured neck and trunk to prevent the transfer to the hospital occurred during the swing, causing damage again. Spinal cord injury patients because of the perception and the ability to regulate the temperature difference, so to keep warm in winter, with a hot water bottle when you use thick cloth to prevent skin burns. Summer should pay attention to cooling, in order to prevent the occurrence of fever, ice should be wrapped. To have the injured thigh fracture, the first line of the injured limb with wooden stretcher fixed before moving to prevent fracture fragments punctured increased vascular damage. Some other more serious injuries also carry a stretcher to alleviate the suffering of the wounded.

Spinal fractures easily damaged spinal cord or nerve roots, causing paraplegia. When transporting the injured spinal fractures, if the method properly, it will aggravate the injury. Therefore, the examination should be preceded by transporting the wounded or without paraplegia. If paraplegia, but also to pay attention to whether visceral injury or other complex injuries.

Also, note the following:

Use spine board or Spine Board, and never able to send soft stretcher.

When you go on a stretcher handling, application method 3 to 4 people carry the wounded flat on the stretcher, or the injured on stretchers flat roll, absolutely not back with hugs, hugs one leg, or one Baoxiong, one person hold legs of single, double handling, this would curvature of the spine, causing or aggravating spinal cord injury.

Made possible by a fixed posture after injury, with a wide bandage or cloth tied with the injured on stretchers. Both sides of the cervical spine fracture or high thoracic fractures wounded, while on a stretcher to carry, to wear a cervical collar, have someone pull the head, lying wounded on a stretcher, neck to be fixed, the available clothing and other pads in the head and neck avoid head, neck shaking. Coma patient handling deftly moved smoothly on to a stretcher, may slightly elevate the head turned to one side or to avoid vomit from entering the trachea. And pay attention to promptly clean up vomit.