A 35-year-old man presents after a motor vehicle collision with neck pain but no neurological deficits. He is alert and not intoxicated. According to ...

Question

A 35-year-old man presents after a motor vehicle collision with neck pain but no neurological deficits. He is alert and not intoxicated. According to the Canadian C-spine rule, which factor allows safe clinical clearance of the cervical spine without imaging?

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Ability to actively rotate the neck 45 degrees left and right in the absence of high-risk factors

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Age over 65 years

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Dangerous mechanism of injury

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Presence of paraesthesias in extremities

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Midline cervical tenderness on palpation

ca-mccqe1 MCQ (SBA): Cervical spine clearance

A 35-year-old man presents after a motor vehicle collision with neck pain but no neurological deficits. He is alert and not intoxicated. According to the Canadian C-spine rule, which factor allows safe clinical clearance of the cervical spine without imaging?