Prehospital emergency care : official journal of the National Association of EMS Physicians and the National Association of State EMS Directors
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Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study Clinical Trial
Comparison of perceived pain with different immobilization techniques.
To compare the locations and severities of pain generated by a hard wooden spine board vs a soft vacuum mattress splint on immobilized volunteers. ⋯ The hard-board method of spinal immobilization generates higher self-reported pain scale scores than the two vacuum mattresses.