Kidd P S
Crit Care Nurs Clin North Am. 1990 Sep;2(3):349-56.
The emergency nurse must anticipate the presence of SCIs. Spinal cord-injured patients should be considered acutely ill and assessed in a comprehensive manner. The occurrence of a SCI may mask symptoms of underlying pathologic conditions that, if left untreated, are life-threatening. The emergency nurse is in a pivotal role, whether functioning in a prehospital setting or in the ED, to intervene rapidly.
急诊护士必须预见到脊髓损伤的存在。脊髓损伤患者应被视为急重症患者，并进行全面评估。脊髓损伤的发生可能掩盖潜在病理状况的症状，而这些状况若不治疗则会危及生命。无论在院前环境还是在急诊科工作，急诊护士都起着关键作用，要迅速进行干预。
