Thread: First Aid Training and Article

Originally Posted by MB

Good advice, but it has to be taken in context. Airway management takes precedence over C-spine protection. Lack of oxygen will kill you quicker than a spinal cord injury. There are measures that can be taken to protect the C-spine when manipulating an airway, but proceed you must.

But airway management is not being taken in context either. Sure airway is number one, but if they must be moved to maintain that, then they need to be moved correctly. That was of major importance in the old days. Now we are just told to move them with little regard to keeping the spine supported. And newby trainies don't learn any different.