Section 1 - COMPONENTS OF IDEAL SCI CARE SYSTEM

• A - PREHOSPITAL AND EMERGENCY

  • A.1 - EXTRICATION & TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS WITH ACUTE TRAUMATIC SPINE INJURIES
  • A.2 - ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT IN PREHOSPITAL SETTINGS FOR SPINAL INJURY
  • A.3 - ASSESSMENT FOR THORACIC OR LUMBOSACRAL SPINE INJURY
  • A.4 - WHEN TO CARRY OUT OR MAINTAIN FULL IN-LINE SPINAL IMMOBILIZATION
  • A.5 - HOW TO CARRY OUT FULL IN-LINE SPINAL IMMOBILIZATION
  • A.6 - RECEIVING INFORMATION IN HOSPITAL SETTINGS
  • A.7 - EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT
  • A.8 - NEUROLOGICAL EXAMINATION FOLLOWING ACUTE CERVICAL SCI
  • A.9 - RECORDING INFORMATION IN HOSPITAL SETTINGS
  • A.10 - TIMING OF DECOMPRESSIVE SURGERY (<=24 HOURS AFTER INJURY) IN PATIENTS WITH ACUTE SPINAL CORD INJURY
  • A.11 - PROVIDING INFORMATION ON TRANSFER FROM AN EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT
  • A.12 - COMMUNICATION WITH TERTIARY SERVICES

• B - EDUCATION AND SUPPORT OF INDIVIDUALS WITH SCI AND THEIR FAMILIES ACROSS THE CONTINUUM

  • B.1 - PROVIDING INFORMATION TO PATIENTS AND THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS
  • B.2 - INFORMATION AND SUPPORT FOR PATIENTS, FAMILY MEMBERS AND CAREGIVERS
  • B.3 - EDUCATION FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH SCI AND CAREGIVERS – AUTONOMIC DYSREFLEXIA
  • B.4 - EDUCATION FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH SCI AND CAREGIVERS – BOWEL
  • B.5 - SUPPORT FOR VULNERABLE ADULTS

• C - CROSS CONTINUUM EDUCATION OF CLINICIANS AND STAFF WORKING WITH INDIVIDUALS WITH SCI

  • C.1 - TRAINING AND EDUCATION OF HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS – PRESSURE INJURY
  • C.2 - TRAINING AND EDUCATION OF HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS – SEXUAL HEALTH
  • C.3 - TRAINING AND EDUCATION OF HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS – EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING
  • C.4 - TRAINING AND EDUCATION OF HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS – TELEREHABILITATION

• D - DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING

  • D.1 - GENERAL RECOMMENDATIONS
  • D.2 - DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING - SUSPECTED SPINAL CORD OR CERVICAL COLUMN INJURY
  • D.3 - DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING - SUSPECTED THORACIC OR LUMBOSACRAL COLUMN INJURY ONLY
  • D.4 - DIAGNOSTIC OF VERTEBRAL ARTERY INJURIES FOLLOWING NON-PENETRATING CERVICAL TRAUMA
  • D.5 - RADIOGRAPHIC ASSESSMENT IN AWAKE, SYMPTOMATIC PATIENT
  • D.6 - RADIOGRAPHIC ASSESSMENT IN OBTUNDED OR UNEVALUABLE PATIENT

• E - EARLY ACUTE CARE

  • E.1 - EARLY MEDICAL MANAGEMENT
  • E.2 - ROLE OF THE REGISTERED DIETITIAN
  • E.3 - NUTRITION ASSESSMENT: ENERGY NEEDS IN THE ACUTE PHASE
  • E.4 - PREVENTION - PREVENTING PRESSURE INJURIES DURING THE ACUTE CARE PHASE

• F - SPECIALIZED REHAB

  • F.1 - GENERAL RECOMMENDATIONS
  • F.2 - FUNCTIONAL OUTCOME ASSESSMENT FOLLOWING ACUTE CERVICAL SCI
  • F.3 - COMMUNITY CARE

• G - COMMUNITY-BASED REHABILITATION

  • G.1 - GENERAL RECOMMENDATIONS
  • G.2 - COMMUNITY CARE

• H - VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION

  • H.1

• I - COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH & WELLNESS

  • I.1