What the Evidence Really Says About Cervical Collars with Dr. Jeff Jarvis and Dr. Ben Abo
About this episode
The episode discusses the evaluation of medical literature and the evidence surrounding the use of cervical collars in EMS.
The hardest part of evidence-based medicine is not finding a paper. It is deciding whether that paper should change what you do on your next shift.First, we talk with Dr. Jeff Jarvis about how to evaluate medical literature beyond the headline, abstract, conclusion, or p-value. You’ll hear about the PICO framework and why patient-oriented outcomes should matter more than the numbers that are easiest to measure.Then, Ross talks with emergency physician Dr. Ben Abo about the evidence surrounding rigid cervical collars. He also shares how his EMS system removed collars from its ambulances by involving trauma surgeons, neurosurgeons, emergency clinicians, and frontline providers in the change. In this episode, you’ll learn: How to use population, intervention or exposure, comparison, and outcome to decide whether a study applies to the patients you actually treat Why return of spontaneous circulation, p-values, and national benchmarks can distract clinicians from the outcomes patients care about most What the literature suggests about cervical collars, spinal cord perfusion, airway compromise, aspiration risk, intracranial pressure, and pressure injuries How to bring research to a…
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