TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Skeletal Traction (Gardner-Wells Tongs) for Cervical Spine Dislocations and Fractures A1 - Engel, Thomas W. A1 - Roberts, Rebecca R. A2 - Reichman, Eric F. PY - 2018 T2 - Reichman's Emergency Medicine Procedures, 3e AB - Traumatic injuries to the cervical spine result from forces acting on the head and neck. The incidence of spinal cord injury in the United States is approximately 5 per 100,000.1 Approximately 60% to 80% of spinal cord injuries involve the cervical spine. Cervical spine injuries can occur at all ages with predilection for teens and young adults. Emergency Physicians must be aware of cervical spine injuries in the elderly with seemingly minor mechanisms of injury.2 Motor vehicle collisions are the most common cause and account for almost half of cervical spine injuries.3 The remaining cervical spine injuries result from falls, sports injuries, violence, penetrating wounds, and miscellaneous causes. Few other injuries have the potential to cause such high levels of morbidity. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/29 UR - accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1159804941 ER -