Spinal Cord Injuries in Emergency Medicine
Hisham Mohammed Sonbul *
King Abdulaziz University Hospital (KAUH), Saudi Arabia.
Razan Mohammad N. Aljohani
Ministry of Health, Saudi Arabia.
Abdullah Sulaiman Alqefari
Ministry of Health, Saudi Arabia.
Zahra Ahmed Alasfoor
Ministry of Health, Bahrain.
Noor Ayman Adel Abualsaud
King Abdullah Medical Complex, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Zahra Mohammed Alsrori
Ministry of Health, Saudi Arabia.
Razan Mohammad S. Almokri
King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Hamoud Mohammed Alfawzan
King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Science, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Meshari Ibrahim A. Alayshan
Jouf University, Saudi Arabia.
Malak Hamed A. Alshammari
Almaarefa University, Saudi Arabia.
Sultan Mahmoud S. Gharib
King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Talal Mohammed Alzahrani
Faculty of Medicine in Rabigh, King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia.
Rawan Mohammed O. Bahattab
Ibn Sina National College, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Spinal cord injury is a serious medical disorder that frequently leads in significant morbidity and permanent impairment. Direct damage to the spinal cord or compression owing to broken vertebrae or masses such as epidural hematomas or abscesses are the most common causes of spinal cord injury. When examining a blunt trauma victim, medical professionals are taught to presume the patient has a spinal column damage unless it is proven otherwise. The early examination of a patient with a suspected cervical spinal injury in the emergency department (ED) is no different than that of any other trauma patient. The ABCs, or airway, breathing, and circulation, procedures are being taken into consideration. In acute spinal cord damage, hypotension can be hemorrhagic or neurogenic. Because of the high prevalence of concomitant injuries and vital sign confusion in acute spinal cord injury, a thorough search for hidden sources of bleeding is required. Surgical removal of bone fragments, foreign objects, herniated discs, or broken vertebrae that appear to be compressing the spine is frequently required. In order to avoid future discomfort or deformity, surgery may be required to stabilize the spine. In this review we’ll be looking at spinal cord injury, it’s diagnosis and treatment.
Keywords: Spinal cord injury, trauma, traumatic TSIs, tetraplegia, spinal immobilization