The National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) states that approximately 700 people sustain a new spinal cord injury (SCI) each year in the UK. Currently there are no ‘cures’ for spinal cord injury and in the UK there are 40,000 people living with long term disabilities as a result of such injuries. Spinal injuries can be extremely worrying, so it is vital to know what to do should you be the first at the scene of an accident and suspect someone may have injured their spine. It is rare for someone to have suffered a spinal injury, but it is

Spinal injury: Know the signs as seen on The Hippocratic Post.