Today, we discuss updates in the WMS guidelines regarding the protection of patients with suspected spinal injuries.
The Wilderness Medicine Society Clinical Practice Guidelines are all open-access, and you can find links to all of these guidelines on the right sidebar of this page.
The education in this episode is based on the:
Wilderness Medical Society Clinical Practice Guidelines for Spinal Cord Protection: 2024 Update
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