Question

A 42-year-old woman falls down a flight of stairs. She is alert, with neck pain but no neurological deficit. She is not intoxicated and has no distracting injuries. According to the Canadian C-spine rule, which feature would allow clinical clearance of the cervical spine without imaging?

Accepted Answer

Involvement in a simple rear-end motor vehicle collision with ability to rotate neck 45 degrees left and right

Answer

Age over 65 years

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Midline cervical tenderness

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Paresthesias in extremities

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Presence of multiple painful limb fractures

Practice question

A 42-year-old woman falls down a flight of stairs. She is alert, with neck pain but no neurological deficit. She is not intoxicated and has no distracting injuries. According to the Canadian C-spine rule, which feature would allow clinical clearance of the cervical spine without imaging?