A 36-year-old man involved in a high-speed motor vehicle collision is alert, intoxicated, and complaining of neck pain. According to the Canadian C-Sp...

Question

A 36-year-old man involved in a high-speed motor vehicle collision is alert, intoxicated, and complaining of neck pain. According to the Canadian C-Spine Rule, which feature mandates cervical spine imaging?

Accepted Answer

Age ≥65 years or dangerous mechanism such as high-speed collision

Answer

Simple rear-end motor vehicle collision with no midline tenderness

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Ambulatory at any time after the injury without neck pain

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Delayed onset of neck pain only

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Able to actively rotate neck 45 degrees bilaterally without pain

ca-mccqe1 MCQ (SBA): Cervical spine injury assessment

A 36-year-old man involved in a high-speed motor vehicle collision is alert, intoxicated, and complaining of neck pain. According to the Canadian C-Spine Rule, which feature mandates cervical spine imaging?