On November 12, three South EMS workers came to talk to our class about C-spine Immobilization and Splinting. Many injury scenarios are caused by motor-vehicle in majority. The speakers really enforced the idea of the medical ABCs (airway, breathing, and circulation) and the chest rise in fall when coming upon a patient. Stabilization of the neck and keeping the spin in a neutral position is imperative. They showed and described how the c-collar works along with the importance of pms (or pulse, motor, and sensory) as the equipment is applied. Checking for blood on the back side of the victim is important as it may look like they are not bleeding out on the front. One of my classmates, Mohammed, volunteered to demonstrate how the longboard works (as seen in the photo). Laying on the longboard takes away circulation so keeping an eye on the patient is mandatory. Apparently, choppers are a very common thing for critical patients so we also talked about conditions and weather for those to be used. Another classmate of mine, Maggie, volunteered to be splinted. With the splint, broken bones can shred muscle and surrounding area so splints keep then stable. We were showed sand splints (moldable splints based on injury) and other materials like triangular sleeves.
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