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Stiell and associates, convinced that the National Emergency X-Radiology Utilization Study Low-Risk Criteria rule leads to unnecessary testing and delayed triage of patients in the ED, developed the Canadian C-Spine Rule to assess alert, stable patients for traumatic cervical spine injury.

ED Standards For Assessment of Cervical Spine Injury Compared

Stiell and associates, convinced that the National Emergency X-Radiology Utilization Study Low-Risk Criteria rule leads to unnecessary testing and delayed triage of patients in the ED, developed the Canadian C-Spine Rule to assess alert, stable patients for traumatic cervical spine injury.